Research map: Vulvovaginal Pain—Difficult to Diagnose; Difficult to Treat

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  1. Central sensitization: Implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain · Clifford J. Woolf · 2010 · 4745 citations · Cited by this paper
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  17. Topical Gabapentin in the Treatment of Localized and Generalized Vulvodynia · Lori A. Boardman · 2008 · 130 citations · Cited by this paper
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  24. Vaginal diazepam plus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to treat vestibulodynia: A randomized controlled trial · Filippo Murina · 2018 · 53 citations · Cited by this paper
  25. Committee Opinion No 673: Persistent Vulvar Pain · 2016 · 52 citations · Cited by this paper
  26. Vaginal Diazepam Use with Urogenital Pain/Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Serum Diazepam Levels and Efficacy Data · Donna J. Carrico · 2011 · 51 citations · Cited by this paper
  27. Enoxaparin Treatment for Vulvodynia · Yaniv Farajun · 2012 · 48 citations · Cited by this paper
  28. Use of Amitriptyline Cream in the Management of Entry Dyspareunia Due to Provoked Vestibulodynia · Ross Pagano · 2012 · 46 citations · Cited by this paper
  29. Vulvodynia—It Is Time to Accept a New Understanding from a Neurobiological Perspective · Rafael Torres-Cueco · 2021 · 45 citations · Cited by this paper
  30. Topical Amitriptyline-Baclofen Cream for the Treatment of Provoked Vestibulodynia · Paul Nyirjesy · 2009 · 43 citations · Cited by this paper
  31. Multilevel Local Anesthetic Nerve Blockade for the Treatment of Generalized Vulvodynia: A Pilot Study · John Stoner McDonald · 2012 · 33 citations · Cited by this paper
  32. Pain, Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Patients with Vulvodynia · M.J. Tribó · 2019 · 33 citations · Cited by this paper
  33. Generalized unprovoked vulvodynia; A retrospective study on the efficacy of treatment with amitriptyline, gabapentin or pregabalin · Heleen J. van Beekhuizen · 2017 · 29 citations · Cited by this paper
  34. Pelvic Floor Biometric Changes Assessed by 4D Translabial Ultrassound in Women with Vulvodynia Submitted to Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial · Marcela Grigol Bardin · 2020 · 27 citations · Cited by this paper
  35. Treatment of Secondary Vestibulodynia with Conjugated Estrogen Cream: A Pilot, Double-Blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial · Eve-Lyne Langlais · 2017 · 18 citations · Cited by this paper
  36. Effect of Vestibulectomy for Intractable Vulvodynia · Christopher J. Kliethermes · 2016 · 17 citations · Cited by this paper
  37. Vulvodynia: a neuroinflammatory pain syndrome originating in pelvic visceral nerve plexuses due to mechanical factors · Jacob Bornstein · 2022 · 17 citations · Cited by this paper
  38. Patient-Centered Outcomes After Modified Vestibulectomy · Deepanjana Dutta Das · 2019 · 15 citations · Cited by this paper
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