Medical management of chronic pelvic pain: The evidence

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Swanton, Alexander ^a   Reginald, Philip ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Medical management; Pelvic congestion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIGESTAGEN; BCG VACCINE; BULKING AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DANAZOL; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADENOMYOSIS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VEIN DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 3543134226     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-7697(03)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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