Surrogate versus couple therapy in vaginismus

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 728-733

  Ben Zion, Itzhak ^a,c   Rothschild, Shelly ^a   Chudakov, Bella ^a   Aloni, Ronit ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Surrogate therapy; Vaginismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARITAL THERAPY; MATE CHOICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURROGATE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINISM;

EID: 34249085315     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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