Generalized Vulvar Dysesthesia vs. Vestibulodynia: Are They Distinct Diagnoses?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 858-864

  Reed, Barbara D ^a   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a   Haefner, Hope K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized vulvar dysesthesia; Vestibulodynia; Vulvar diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED VULVA DYSESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VESTIBULODYNIA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0345305814     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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