Menopause & perimenopause

Conditions associated with vaginal dryness — References & further reading

References

1 The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse. NIH Publication No. 04-5585. URL: http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lichen/lichen.htm (accessed 06.25.2007).

2 Hillard, P. “Benign diseases of the female reproductive tract.” In Berek & Novak’s Gynecology. 14th ed., by Jonathan S. Berek, 489. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

3 Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA). 2002. Related diseases — Vulvar pain. URL: http://www.ichelp.org/RelatedDiseases/VulvarPain.html (accessed 06.25.2007).

4 Edwards, L. 2003. New concepts in vulvodynia. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 189, S24–S30.

  Bergeron, S. et al. 2001. A randomized comparison of group cognitive–behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis. Pain, 91, 297–306.

Further reading

National Vulvodynia Association (NVA). URL: http://www.nva.org (accessed 06.25.2007).

Stewart, E. 2000. The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. NY: Bantam. This book is written by Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, a gynecologist specializing in vulvar dermatology at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

 


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Original Publication Date: 07/02/2007
Last Modified: 02/16/2010
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet

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