Persistent genital arousal and restless genitalia: Sexual dysfunction or subtype of vulvodynia?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 852-858

  Markos, A R ^a   Dinsmore, Wallace ^b  

^a Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; dysaesthetic penoscrotodynia; Persistent genital arousal disorder; PGAD; red scrotum syndrome; restless genital syndrome; sexual arousal; sexual dysfunction; taxonomy; vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ALLODYNIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPAREUNIA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE I; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PENOSCROTODYNIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERSISTENT GENITAL AROUSAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS GENITAL SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETHRA; VAGINISM; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84887350252     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413489276     Document Type: Review

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