Vulvar dysesthesia (vulvodynia): A follow-up study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 409-416

  Reed, Barbara D ^a   Haefner, Hope K ^b   Cantor, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dysesthesia; Vulva; Vulvar diseases

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CITRATE CALCIUM; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; ESTROGEN; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVECTOMY; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0038649722     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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