Open-label trial of lamotrigine focusing on efficacy in Vulvodynia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Meltzer Brody, Samantha E ^a   Zolnoun, Denniz ^a   Steege, John F ^a   Rinaldi, Katherine L ^a   Leserman, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Lamotrigine; Pelvic pain; Vulvodynia; Vulvovaginal pain

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VULVAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63749114908     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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