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TREATMENT OF PRURITUS VULVAE BY MULTIPLE INTRADERMAL INJECTIONS OF ALCOHOL. A DOUBLE‐BLIND STUDY
Author(s) -
Sutherst J. R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10612.x
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol , vulva , double blind , dermatology , surgery , placebo , pathology , chemistry , biochemistry , alternative medicine
Summary A double blind study is described in which 17 patients with intractable pruritus vulvae were treated by multiple intradermal injections of absolute alcohol. In each patient half the vulva was treated with alcohol whilst the other half was injected with water. Treatment with alcohol was significantly better than treatment with water (p < 0.001).