Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: reliability of diagnosis and evaluation of current diagnostic criteria
Obstetrics and GynecologyPublished 1 July 2001
Sophie Bergeron
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Vulvar vestibulitis can be reliably diagnosed in women with dyspareunia and can be rated and described in a consistent fashion by these women, and Erythema does not appear to be a useful diagnostic criterion.
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Vulvar vestibulitis can be reliably diagnosed in women with dyspareunia. Pain is limited to the vulvar vestibule and can be rated and described in a consistent fashion by these women. Erythema does not appear to be a useful diagnostic criterion.
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