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2019 Apr


J Low Genit Tract Dis


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Descriptors of Vulvodynia: A Multisocietal Definition Consensus (International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, the International Society for the Study of Women Sexual Health, and the International Pelvic Pain Society).

Authors

Bornstein J, Preti M, Simon JA, As-Sanie S, Stockdale CK, Stein A, Parish SJ, Radici G, Vieira-Baptista P, Pukall C, Moyal-Barracco M, Goldstein A
J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2019 Apr; 23(2):161-163.
PMID: 30768446.

Abstract

Three scientific societies, the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the International Society for the Study of Women Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) developed the "2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia" (referred to as the "2015 consensus terminology").The terminology included 11 descriptors of vulvodynia. However, the definitions of the descriptors were not included in the 2015 consensus terminology publications. The objective of this article was to provide these definitions.