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candidate in psychology at the university, presented additional data from the same investigation linking dyadic adjustment to psychological distress and sexual impairment in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.
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And he's more convinced than ever that Candida albicans is a key player in idiopathic
vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. At least half of the patients he culures prove positive for C.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Eradication of human papilloma virus by interferon therapy does not result in a clinical response in the majority of patients with persistent vulvar vestibulitis syndrome, Dr.
He and associates prospectively evaluated 24 patients who had symptoms of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome for at least 6 months and a positive HPV detected by PCR.