Botulinum toxin in the treatment of refractory vaginismus

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 922-925

  Ghazizadeh, Shirin ^a   Nikzad, Masoomeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPAREUNIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; IMPOTENCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINISM; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244387919     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000141441.41178.6b     Document Type: Article

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