Vaginismus and pregnancy: epidemiological profile and management difficulties

Radhouane Achour1 Emergency Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Maternity and Neonatology Center of Tunis, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

Marianne Koch2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna Austria

Yosra Zgueb3 Psychiatry Department, Razi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Uta Ouali3 Psychiatry Department, Razi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Rim Ben Hmid1 Emergency Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Maternity and Neonatology Center of Tunis, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, [email protected]

Pages 137-143 | Published online: 12 Mar 2019

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