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Recent advances in understanding provoked vestibulodynia

2016-10-26

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Vulvodynia refers to pain in the vulva of at least 3 months’ duration in the absence of a recognized underlying cause. Provoked, localized vestibulodynia is the term used to describe superficial pain confined to the vulvar vestibule, provoked by touch. This review will focus on provoked vestibulodynia with regard to its suggested causative factors and will discuss the role of inflammation, vulvovaginal infections,...

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Literature Corpus work: e18149fa-f397-585c-845b-53e50a19b675
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9603.1

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