Vulval vestibulitis: A common cause of dyspareunia?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-503

  Munday, Pat ^a,c   Green, John ^b   Randall, Carina ^a   Fox, Deidre ^a   Singh, Maneesha ^a   Ismailjee, Fatima ^a   Perreira, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Paterson Centre for Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

^c WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPAREUNIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VULVITIS;

EID: 17144404528     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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