Case-control study of vulvar vestibulitis risk associated with genital infections

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-202

  Smith, Elaine M ^a,b   Ritchie, Justine M ^a   Galask, Rudolph ^b   Pugh, Erica E ^a   Jia, Jian ^a   Ricks McGillan, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital infections; Risk factors; Vestibulitis symptoms; Vulvar vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA; CLITORIS; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL PAIN; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLLAKISURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINARY URGENCY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINITIS; VULVA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036995080     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744902000224     Document Type: Article

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