A New Instrument for Pain Assessment in Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-78

  Pukall, Caroline F ^a,b   Binik, Yitzchak M ^c   Khalifé, Samir ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SYNDROME; VULVA; VULVITIS;

EID: 1242297063     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230490275065     Document Type: Article

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