Long-Term Results of an Individualized, Multifaceted, and Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Approach to Provoked Vestibulodynia

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-496

  Spoelstra, Symen K ^a   Dijkstra, Jeroen R ^b   Van Driel, Mels F ^a   Weijmar Schultz, Willibrord C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Female Sexual Function; Intimacy; Multifaceted Approach; Provoked Vestibulodynia; Sexual Intercourse; Vulvar Pain; Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUTCH RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY RELATED PERSONAL DISTRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR PAIN;

EID: 79551491577     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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