Assessment and management of vulval pain

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7850, 2012, Pages 38-42

  Nunns, David ^a   Murphy, Ruth ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; OINTMENT BASE; PREGABALIN;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLPOSCOPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SEXUALITY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINISM; VESTIBULECTOMY; VULVITIS; VULVODYNIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84859201404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1723     Document Type: Review

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