Below the belt: Approach to chronic pelvic pain

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1556-1562

  Bordman, Risa ^a,b,d   Jackson, Bethany ^a,c  

^a University of Toronto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; DANAZOL; DICLOFENAC; DICYCLOVERINE; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; HYOSCYAMINE; IBUPROFEN; LEUPRORELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAFERELIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PARACETAMOL; PINAVERIUM; TEGASEROD; TOLTERODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; COUNSELING; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MENSTRUATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 33845900950     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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