Vulvodynia

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ventolini, Gary ^a   Barhan, Sheela M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ESTROGEN; GABAPENTIN; NORTRIPTYLINE;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VULVODYNIA; YAG LASER; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VULVA DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 38749114576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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