Dietary therapy: A new strategy for management of chronic pelvic pain

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Sesti, Francesco ^a   Capozzolo, Talia ^a   Pietropolli, Adalgisa ^a   Collalti, Marco ^a   Bollea, Maria Rosa ^a   Piccione, Emilio ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Dietary therapy; Oxidative stress; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN;

EID: 79958161875     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422410000272     Document Type: Review

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