Vulvodynia: a neglected chronic pain diagnosis

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center and Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Nahariya, Israel.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
⁴ Hospital Lusíadas Porto and Unidade de Tracto Genital Inferior, Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.

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Jacob Bornstein et al. Pain. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;160(7):1680-1681.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001559.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center and Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Nahariya, Israel.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
⁴ Hospital Lusíadas Porto and Unidade de Tracto Genital Inferior, Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.

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Treede RD, Rief W, Korwisi B, Aziz Q, Giamberardino MA, Barke A. Treede RD, et al. Pain. 2019 Jul;160(7):1681-1683. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001558. Pain. 2019. PMID: 31219953 No abstract available.

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