A randomized comparison of group cognitive–behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis

Sophie Bergeron; Yitzchak M. Binik; Samir Khalifé; Kelly Pagidas; Howard I. Glazer; Marta Meana; Rhonda Amsel

doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00449-8

journal article Apr 01, 2001

A randomized comparison of group cognitive–behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis

Sophie Bergeron

Yitzchak M. Binik Samir Khalifé Kelly Pagidas Howard I. Glazer Marta Meana Rhonda Amsel

Pain Vol. 91 No. 3 pp. 297-306 · Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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Published: Apr 01, 2001
Vol/Issue: 91(3)
Pages: 297-306

Authors

S

Sophie Bergeron

Department of Psychology , Montréal, QC , Canada; Université de Montréal , Montréal, QC , Canada

Y

Yitzchak M. Binik

Department of Psychology , Montréal, QC , Canada; McGill University , Montréal, QC , Canada

S

Samir Khalifé

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Montréal, QC , Canada; Jewish General Hospital , Montréal, QC , Canada

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Sophie Bergeron, Yitzchak M. Binik, Samir Khalifé, 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(3), 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00449-8

A randomized comparison of group cognitive–behavioral therapy, surface electromyographic biofeedback, and vestibulectomy in the treatment of dyspareunia resulting from vulvar vestibulitis

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