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Vulvar Pain During Pregnancy and After Childbirth

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Pregnancy is a special period in a woman’s life. The childbirth involves significant physical, hormonal, psychological, social, and cultural changes that may influence her own sexuality as well as the health of the couple’s sexual relationship.

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  1. Center of Gynecology and Medical Sexology, San Raffaele Resnati Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Alessandra Graziottin

  2. Lower Genital Tract Disease Unit V. Buzzi Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Filippo Murina

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Graziottin, A., Murina, F. (2017). Vulvar Pain During Pregnancy and After Childbirth. In: Vulvar Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42677-8_7

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