A cognitive-behavioral group program for women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS): Factors associated with treatment success

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-213

  Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a   Weijenborg, Philomeen Th M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BURNING SENSATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TONE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33646521787     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230600575306     Document Type: Article

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