Provoked Vestibulodynia

Female Sexual Pain Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-48

  Goldstein, Andrew T ^a   Pukall, Caroline F ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired or congenital neuronal proliferation cause of PVD; Medical treatment options for PVD; Multidisciplinary approach to treatment of PVD; Provoked vestibulodynia; PVD common sexual pain disorder in premenopausal women; Surgery for PVD; Vulvar anatomy; Vulvodynia provoked vestibulodynia (PVD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349150317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308136.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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