Vulvar disease: A pelvic floor pain disorder?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1829-1834

  Kennedy, Colleen M ^a   Nygaard, Ingrid E ^a   Saftlas, Audrey ^a   Burns, Trudy L ^a   Torner, James C ^a   Galask, Rudolph P ^a   Noller, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Functional bowel disorder; Painful bladder syndrome; Vulvar disease

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULVA DISEASE;

EID: 20444460842     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.12.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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