Vulvodynia incidence and remission rates among adult women: A 2-year follow-up study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Reed, Barbara D ^a   Haefner, Hope K ^a   Sen, Ananda ^a   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; UNITED STATES; VULVA DISEASE; BURNING SENSATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL PRURITUS; GROUPS BY AGE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 51649083598     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318180965b     Document Type: Article

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