Clinical characteristics and psychopathological profile of patients with vulvodynia: An observational and descriptive study

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Tribo M J ^a,c   Andion O ^b   Ros, S ^a   Gilaberte, M ^a   Gallardo, F ^a   Toll, A ^a   Ferran M ^a   Bulbena, A ^a   Pujol, R M ^a   Banos J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Psychopathology; Vulvar diseases; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; PERPHENAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY SYNDROME; DYSPAREUNIA; EPILEPSY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORNING DOSAGE; PAIN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATIZATION; STINGING SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA PAIN; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 36349028638     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109354     Document Type: Article

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