Assessment of vulvodynia symptoms in a sample of US women: a prevalence survey with a nested case control study.

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Published in Am J Obstet Gynecol on February 01, 2007

Authors

Lauren D Arnold1, Gloria A Bachmann, Raymond Rosen, George G Rhoads

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

An Internet-based Information Platform for Vulvodynia Patients (EMBLA) | NCT02809612

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