Vulvodynia;Vulvodynie

Hautarzt

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 556-561

  Hengge, U R ^a   Runnebaum, I B ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Genital pain; Vulvar dysesthesia; Vulvar vestibulitis; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CAPSAICIN; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PIMECROLIMUS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

COMORBIDITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 21644476058     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-005-0970-1     Document Type: Article

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