Chronic pelvic pain

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 594-611

  Howard, Fred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; BEANO; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; CISAPRIDE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DANAZOL; DESOGESTREL; DICYCLOVERINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DONNATAL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GAS X; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; HYOSCYAMINE; ISPAGULA; LEUPRORELIN; LOPERAMIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NAFARELIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORETHISTERONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PHENOBARBITAL; SCOPOLAMINE; SERTRALINE; SIMETHICONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADHESION; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; LITHOTOMY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE BLOCK; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037336579     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02723-0     Document Type: Review

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