Genital pain in women: Beyond interference with intercourse

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1223-1225

  Bergeron, Sophie ^a,b   Rosen, Natalie O ^a,c   Morin, Mélanie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; COGNITION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYCOSIS; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VAGINISM;

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 79956105225     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.035     Document Type: Review

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