Sexual pain in women: Exploring the manifestations of vaginismus versus vulvodynia

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-5

  Ghizzani, Anna ^a   Sestini, Piersante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pain; Vaginismus; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINISM; VULVODYNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC PAIN; VAGINISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINISMUS; VULVODYNIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014585890     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4784.16.03966-6     Document Type: Article

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