Histopathologic characteristics of menopausal vestibulodynia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 787-793

  Leclair, Catherine M ^a   Goetsch, Martha F ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Morgan, Terry K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSAL VESTIBULODYNIA; PREMENOPAUSAL VESTIBULODYNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVA; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889777180     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182a5f25f     Document Type: Article

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