Chronic pelvic pain: Aetiology and therapy

Reviews in Gynaecological and Perinatal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 177-184

  Farquhar, Cynthia ^a   Latthe, Pallavi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ESTROGEN; GABAPENTIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LOFEXIDINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NERVE SURGERY; NEURECTOMY; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747819186     PISSN: 18712320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigapp.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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