Documenting the current definitions of chronic pelvic pain: Implications for research

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 686-691

  Williams, Rachel E ^a   Hartmann, Katherine E ^a   Steege, John F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; NOMENCLATURE; RESEARCH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 2342510403     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000115513.92318.b7     Document Type: Review

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