Caffeine-related genital skin pain

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-39

  Markos, Atef Rizk ^a,b  

^a NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Dysesthesia; Genital pain; Hyperesthesia

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COFFEE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; PENOSCROTODYNIA; SKIN SENSITIVITY; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; PENILE DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 37549062233     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/lgt.0b013e318153f7d4     Document Type: Article

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