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Clinical Guidelines
- ACOG: endometriosis
- Society of obstetricians and gynecologists of Canada for CPP
- European Association of Urology for Interstitial Cystitis
- British Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases for vulvodynia
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK clinical guideline for IBS
Website Resources
International Pelvic Pain Society
National Vulvodynia Association
Sexuality Information and Education Council of US
Interstitial Cystitis Association
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: see NIDDK/NIH
American Physical Therapy Association
American Chronic Pain Association
UCSF Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic
Disclaimer
This curriculum resource was supported with funding from the NIH Pain Consortium, which approves the educational value of the information provided. The authors listed on this resource are responsible for its content, and questions may be directed to their Center of Excellence in Pain Education (url). The NIH Pain Consortium provides these evidence-based curriculum resources on pain management as a service to academic medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and other health professional schools.
This resource is for educational purposes and is not intended as medical practice guidelines. Evidence-based practices may have changed since the publication of the resource.
