Evaluation of vestibular biopsy features in patients affected by fibromyalgia, by vulvodynia or by their association

Pathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 154-159

  Ghizzani, A ^a   Tinacci, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Maria Annunziata (6 Piano)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Histology; Provoked vulvodynia; Vulvar biopsy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; S100 PROTEINS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 85020933852     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: 1591951X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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