title: Cyclic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea.
abstract: Primary dysmenorrhea, secondary dysmenorrhea, and cyclic pelvic pain syndromes represent a special subset of CPP. Although more common and no less debilitating, these conditions are better understood, more easily diagnosed, and more successfully treated than chronic pain states. It should be the expectation of both the physician and the patient that successful resolution of these complaints is possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins