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ArticleToxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology2023

Applications of botulinum toxin to the female pelvic floor: Botulinum toxin for genito-pelvic pain penetration disorder and chronic pelvic pain in women.

Barbara I Karp, Pamela Stratton

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Article in Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara I KarpNational Institutes of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. Electronic address: karpb@ninds.nih.gov.
Pamela StrattonNational Institutes of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

The effectiveness of Botulinum toxin on persistent pelvic pain in women with endometriosisZIANS003159 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI STRATTON, PAMELA · 2017 to 2025
$643k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 NS999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain conditions like genito-pelvic pain penetration disorder and chronic pelvic pain cause significant morbidity in women worldwide and yet are underdiagnosed and undertreated. While the use of botulinum toxin for pain conditions has expanded, there are few randomized controlled studies of botulinum toxin for pelvic pain conditions in women. This paper provides an update on the current status and context for considering botulinum toxin treatment for these conditions to complement and expand currently available approaches. High quality clinical trials to evaluate safety and efficacy and to determine optimal doses and approaches to injection are urgently needed.

Indexed as

Botulinum ToxinsBotulinum Toxins, Type AChronic PainNeuromuscular AgentsChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansPelvic FloorPelvic PainBotulinum ToxinsBotulinum Toxins, Type ANeuromuscular AgentsBotulinum toxinChronic pelvic painEndometriosisVaginismusVulvodynia

Identifiers

PMID37201800
PMCPMC10330736
OpenAlexW4376638406

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