OBJECTIVE: Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) and vulvodynia (CVPS) are two gynecological syndromes with psychosomatic implications. The purpose of the study was to examine multifactorial psychosomatic syndromes taking into account musculo…
Endometriosis is one of the most frequent gynecological disorders in the reproductive age. Discrepancies between clinical findings and subjective Symptoms cause the question of the determing factors for the subjective experience. In the pre…
OBJECTIVE: To examine psychosomatic aspects of vulvodynia (VD) in comparison with the chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-seven VD patients and 97 CPPS patients were examined with psychological tests (Freiburg Personal…
The multifunctional cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is produced by epithelial and mononuclear cells as well as by ovarian carcinoma cells. A prospective study was initiated to evaluate the clinical significance of systemic and local measureme…