Comparative measurement of pelvic floor pain sensitivity in chronic pelvic pain

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1244-1248

  Tu, Frank F ^a   Fitzgerald, Colleen M ^a   Kuiken, Todd ^a   Farrell, Todd ^a   Norman, Harden R ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA PAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC PAIN; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 38449105729     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000289228.23903.cc     Document Type: Article

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