Women and visceral pain: are the reproductive organs the main protagonists? Mini-review at the occasion of the "European Week Against Pain in Women 2007"

Eur J Pain. 2008 Apr;12(3):257-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.11.007. Epub 2008 Jan 14.

Author

Maria Adele Giamberardino¹

Affiliation

¹ Pathophysiology of Pain Laboratory, Ce.S.I., "G. D'Annunzio" Foundation, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti, via Colle del'Ara, 66013 Chieti Scalo (Chieti), Italy. mag@unich.it

PMID: 18249016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.11.007

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Afferent Pathways / physiopathology
Dysmenorrhea / physiopathology
Female
Genital Diseases, Female / physiopathology*
Genitalia, Female / innervation
Humans
Intestinal Diseases / physiopathology
Pain / etiology*
Pain / physiopathology
Pain / psychology
Perception
Urologic Diseases / physiopathology
Viscera / innervation