Influence of oral contraceptive use on the risk of adult-onset vulvodynia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-110

  Harlow, Bernard L ^a   Vitonis, Allison F ^b   Stewart, Elizabeth Gunther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Oral contraceptives; Vestibulitis; Vulvar diseases; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULVODYNIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RISK FACTOR; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RISK FACTORS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 44049091713     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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