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Anger JT, Case LK, Baranowski AP, Berger A, Craft RM, Damitz LA, Gabriel R, Harrison T, Kaptein K, Lee S, Murphy AZ, Said E, Smith SA, Thomas DA, Valdés Hernández MDC, Trasvina V, Wesselmann U, Yaksh TL. Pain mechanisms in the transgender individual: a review. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2024;5:1241015. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1241015. eCollection 2024. Review. PubMed PMID: 38601924; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11004280.
Shabangu N, Thebe T, Casey M, Wesselmann U, Parker R. Chronic pain in female breast cancer survivors - prevalence, characteristics and contributing factors: a cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Womens Health. 2023 Nov 16;23(1):613. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02766-6. PubMed PMID: 37974174; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10655434.
Li Q, Li X, Bury E, Lackey K, Koh A, Wesselmann U, Yaksh T, Zhao C. Hydration-Induced Void-Containing Hydrogels for Encapsulation and Sustained Release of Small Hydrophilic Molecules. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023 May; 2301025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202301025.
Sun Y, Zabihi M, Li Q, Li X, Kim BJ, Ubogu EE, Raja SN, Wesselmann U, Zhao C. Drug Permeability: From the Blood-Brain Barrier to the Peripheral Nerve Barriers. Adv Ther (Weinh). 2023 Apr;6(4). doi: 10.1002/adtp.202200150. Epub 2023 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 37649593; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10465108.
Edwards RR, Schreiber KL, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Baron R, Freeman R, Jensen TS, Latremoliere A, Markman JD, Rice ASC, Rowbotham M, Staud R, Tate S, Woolf CJ, Andrews NA, Carr DB, Colloca L, Cosma-Roman D, Cowan P, Diatchenko L, Farrar J, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Kerns RD, Marchand S, Niebler G, Patel KV, Simon LS, Tockarshewsky T, Vanhove GF, Vardeh D, Walco GA, Wasan AD, Wesselmann U. Optimizing and Accelerating the Development of Precision Pain Treatments for Chronic Pain: IMMPACT Review and Recommendations. J Pain. 2023 Feb;24(2):204-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.08.010. Epub 2022 Oct 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 36198371; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10868532.
Li X, Li Q, Song S, Stevens AO, Broemmel Z, He Y, Wesselmann U, Yaksh T, Zhao C. Emulsion-induced polymersomes taming tetrodotoxin for prolonged duration local anesthesia. Adv Ther (Weinh). 2023 Jan;6(1). doi: 10.1002/adtp.202200199. Epub 2022 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 36819711; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9937052.
Hanno PM, Burks DA, Clemens JQ, Dmochowski RR, Erickson D, Fitzgerald MP, Forrest JB, Gordon B, Gray M, Mayer RD, Moldwin R, Newman DK, Nyberg Jr. L, Payne CK, Wesselmann U, Faraday MM, Varela N, Lai HH. Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome [Unabridged version - PDF]. [Internet]. Linthicum, MD: American Urological Association, Guidelines; 2022 May. Available from: https://www.auanet.org/guidelines-and-quality/guidelines/diagnosis-and-treatment-interstitial-cystitis/bladder-pain-syndrome-(2022).
Mohiuddin M, Park R, Wesselmann U, Pukall C, Jarvi K, Nickel C, Doiron C, Gilron I. Efficacy and Safety of Drug Combinations for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 May 17;10(5):e21909. doi: 10.2196/21909. PubMed PMID: 33999006; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8167620.
Baranowski A, Messelink B, Wesselmann U, Häuser W. Reply to Goebel and Molloy. Pain. 2021 Jan;162(1):321-322. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002132. PubMed PMID: 33323846.
Häuser W, Baranowski A, Messelink B, Wesselmann U. Taxonomies for chronic visceral pain. Pain. 2020 Jun;161(6):1129-1135. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001825. PubMed PMID: 32032194.
Bergeron S, Reed BD, Wesselmann U, Bohm-Starke N. Vulvodynia. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Apr 30;6(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0164-2. Review. PubMed PMID: 32355269.
Aziz Q, Giamberardino MA, Barke A, Korwisi B, Baranowski AP, Wesselmann U, Rief W, Treede RD. The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic secondary visceral pain. Pain. 2019 Jan;160(1):69-76. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001362. Review. PubMed PMID: 30586073.
Bachmann GA, Brown CS, Phillips NA, Rawlinson LA, Yu X, Wood R, Foster DC. Effect of gabapentin on sexual function in vulvodynia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan;220(1):89.e1-89.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.10.021. Epub 2018 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 30365922; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6310649.
Gewandter JS, Chaudari J, Iwan KB, Kitt R, As-Sanie S, Bachmann G, Clemens Q, Lai HH, Tu F, Verne GN, Vincent K, Wesselmann U, Zhou Q, Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Smith SM. Research Design Characteristics of Published Pharmacologic Randomized Clinical Trials for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Pelvic Pain Conditions: An ACTTION Systematic Review. J Pain. 2018 Jul;19(7):717-726. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.01.007. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 29412183; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6026036.
Brown CS, Bachmann GA, Wan J, Foster DC. Gabapentin for the Treatment of Vulvodynia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jun;131(6):1000-1007. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002617. PubMed PMID: 29742655; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6020139.
Doggweiler R, Bschleipfer T, Wesselmann U. Urogenitale Schmerzen bei der Frau - Teil 2, Diagnose und Therapiemöglichkeiten (in German: Urogenital pain syndromes in women - part 2, diagnosis and therapeutic options). info@gynäkologie, medinfo.tellmed.ch. 2018 May; 5:11-13.
Zhou Q, Wesselmann U, Walker L, Lee L, Zeltzer L, Verne GN. AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Abdominal, Pelvic, and Urogenital Pain: Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J Pain. 2018 Mar;19(3):257-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 29079542.
Doggweiler R, Bschleifer T, Wesselmann U. Urogenitale Schmerzen bei der Frau Teil 1: mehr wissen, besser verstehen (in German: Urogenital pain syndromes in women - Part 1: knowing more, understanding it better). info@gynäkologie, medinfo.tellmed.ch,. 2018 March; 3:10-13.
Costantini R, Affaitati G, Wesselmann U, Czakanski P, Giamberardino MA. Visceral pain as a triggering factor for fibromyalgia symptoms in comorbid patients. Pain. 2017 Oct;158(10):1925-1937. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000992. PubMed PMID: 28683025.
Pukall CF, Bergeron S, Brown C, Bachmann G, Wesselmann U. Recommendations for Self-Report Outcome Measures in Vulvodynia Clinical Trials. Clin J Pain. 2017 Aug;33(8):756-765. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000453. PubMed PMID: 27841834.
Doggweiler R, Whitmore K, Meijlink J, Drake M, Frawley H, Nordling J, Hanno P, Fraser M, Homma Y, Garrido G, Gomes M, Elneil S, van de Merwe J, Lin A, Tomoe H, Wesselmann U, Rosier P, Cervero F, Watier A, Bo K. A standard for terminology in chronic pelvic pain syndromes: A report from the chronic pelvic pain working group of the international continence society. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2017 April; 36(4):984-1008. doi: 10.1002/nau.23072.
Bachour CC, Bachmann GA, Foster DC, Wan JY, Rawlinson LA, Brown CS. Recruitment methods in a clinical trial of provoked vulvodynia: Predictors of enrollment. Clin Trials. 2017 Feb;14(1):103-108. doi: 10.1177/1740774516663461. Epub 2016 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 27488223; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5290291.
Chelimsky G, Simpson P, McCabe N, Zhang L, Chelimsky T. Autonomic Testing in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain. J Urol. 2016 Aug;196(2):429-34. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.03.142. Epub 2016 Mar 26. PubMed PMID: 27026035; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4969223.
Marson L, Giamberardino MA, Costantini R, Czakanski P, Wesselmann U. Animal Models for the Study of Female Sexual Dysfunction. Sex Med Rev. 2013 Jul;1(2):108-122. doi: 10.1002/smrj.14. Epub 2015 Oct 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 27784584; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5568851.
Hanno P, Erickson D, Moldwin R, Faraday M, Burks DA, Clemens JQ, Dmochowski R, Fitzgerald M, Forrest J, Gordon B, Gray M, Mayer R, Newman D, Nyberg L, Payne C, Wesselmann U. Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: AUA Guideline Amendment. The Journal of Urology. 2015 May; 193(5):1545-1553. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.01.086.
Wesselmann U. A new paradigm in chronic bladder pain. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2014 Dec;28(4):406-8. doi: 10.3109/15360288.2014.972006. Epub 2014 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 25348226.
Warren JW, Clauw DJ, Wesselmann U, Howard FM, Gallicchio L, Morozov V. Functional somatic syndromes as risk factors for hysterectomy in early bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. J Psychosom Res. 2014 Nov;77(5):363-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 25258358.
Wesselmann U, Bonham A, Foster D. Vulvodynia: Current state of the biological science. Pain. 2014 Sep;155(9):1696-1701. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.05.010. Epub 2014 May 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 24858303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5568852.
Warren JW, Wesselmann U, Greenberg P, Clauw DJ. Urinary symptoms as a prodrome of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. Urology. 2014 May;83(5):1035-40. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.01.012. Epub 2014 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 24674116.
Fillingim RB, Bruehl S, Dworkin RH, Dworkin SF, Loeser JD, Turk DC, Widerstrom-Noga E, Arnold L, Bennett R, Edwards RR, Freeman R, Gewandter J, Hertz S, Hochberg M, Krane E, Mantyh PW, Markman J, Neogi T, Ohrbach R, Paice JA, Porreca F, Rappaport BA, Smith SM, Smith TJ, Sullivan MD, Verne GN, Wasan AD, Wesselmann U. The ACTTION-American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy (AAPT): an evidence-based and multidimensional approach to classifying chronic pain conditions. J Pain. 2014 Mar;15(3):241-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.004. PubMed PMID: 24581634; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4454364.
Warren JW, Morozov V, Howard FM, Wesselmann U, Gallicchio L, Langenberg P, Clauw DJ. Before the onset of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, the presence of multiple non-bladder syndromes is strongly associated with a history of multiple surgeries. J Psychosom Res. 2014 Jan;76(1):75-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.10.013. Epub 2013 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 24360145; NIHMSID:NIHMS542525.
Hanno PM, Burks DA, Clemens JQ, Dmochowski RR, Erikson D, Fitzgerald MP, Forrest JB, Gordon B, Gray M, Mayer RD, Moldwin R, Newman D, Nyberg Jr. LK, Payne C, Wesselmann U, Faraday M. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME-2014. [Internet]. Linthicum, MD: American Urological Association; 2014. Available from: https://www.auanet.org/guidelines-x15197.
Brown CS, Foster DC, Wan JY, Rawlinson LA, Bachmann GA. Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized clinical trial of extended release gabapentin in provoked vestibulodynia and biological correlates of response. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Sep;36(1):154-65. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.06.015. Epub 2013 Jun 29. PubMed PMID: 23816491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3779071.
Brown CS, Bachmann GA, Foster DC. Challenge of conducting a multicenter clinical trial: experience in commencing a vulvodynia research protocol. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Mar;22(3):291-2. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4281. Epub 2013 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 23421582; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3601628.
Baranowski AP, Abrams PP, Berger R, Buffington CA, Collett B, Emmanuel A, Fall M, Hanno P, Howard FM, Hughes J, Nickel JC, Nordling J, Tripp DA, Vincent K, Wesselmann U, de C. Williams AC. International Association for the Study of Pain. Classification of chronic pain. Part II: Detailed description of pain syndromes. F: Visceral and other syndromes of the trunk apart from spinal and radicular pain. Group XXIII: Chronic pelvic pain syndromes. Washington, D.C.: International Association for the Study of Pain; 2012. Available from: https://www.iasp-pain.org/publications/free-ebooks/classification-of-chronic-pain-second-edition-revised/.
Hanno PM, Burks DA, Clemens JQ, Dmochowski RR, Erickson D, Fitzgerald MP, Forrest JB, Gordon B, Gray M, Mayer RD, Newman D, Nyberg L Jr, Payne CK, Wesselmann U, Faraday MM. AUA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. J Urol. 2011 Jun;185(6):2162-70. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.064. Epub 2011 Apr 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 21497847; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9341322.
Warren JW, Clauw DJ, Wesselmann U, Langenberg PW, Howard FM, Morozov V. Sexuality and reproductive risk factors for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in women. Urology. 2011 Mar;77(3):570-5. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.10.018. Epub 2011 Jan 7. PubMed PMID: 21215994; NIHMSID:NIHMS249279.
Warren JW, Wesselmann U, Morozov V, Langenberg PW. Numbers and types of nonbladder syndromes as risk factors for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Urology. 2011 Feb;77(2):313-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.08.059. PubMed PMID: 21295246.
Hanno PM, Burks DA, Clemens JQ, Dmochowski RR, Erickson D, Fitzgerald MP, Forrest JB, Gordon B, Gray M, Mayer RD, Newman D, Nyberg Jr. L, Payne CK, Wesselmann U, Faraday MM. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME-2011. [Internet]. Linthicum, MD: American Urological Association; 2011. Available from: https://www.auanet.org/guidelines-x15197.
Langenberg PW, Wallach EE, Clauw DJ, Howard FM, Diggs CM, Wesselmann U, Greenberg P, Warren JW. Pelvic pain and surgeries in women before interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;202(3):286.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.866. Epub 2009 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 20022588; NIHMSID:NIHMS166338.
van Lankveld JJ, Granot M, Weijmar Schultz WC, Binik YM, Wesselmann U, Pukall CF, Bohm-Starke N, Achtrari C. Women's sexual pain disorders. J Sex Med. 2010 Jan;7(1 Pt 2):615-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01631.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 20092455.
Wesselmann U, Baranowski AP, Börjesson M, Curran NC, Czakanski PP, Giamberardino MA, Ness TJ, Robbins MT, Traub RJ. EMERGING THERAPIES AND NOVEL APPROACHES TO VISCERAL PAIN. Drug Discov Today Ther Strateg. 2009 Fall;6(3):89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ddstr.2009.05.001. PubMed PMID: 21243067; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3020100.
Warren JW, Howard FM, Cross RK, Good JL, Weissman MM, Wesselmann U, Langenberg P, Greenberg P, Clauw DJ. Antecedent nonbladder syndromes in case-control study of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Urology. 2009 Jan;73(1):52-7. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.06.031. Epub 2008 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 18995888.
Warren JW, Langenberg P, Greenberg P, Diggs C, Jacobs S, Wesselmann U. Sites of pain from interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4):1373-7. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.039. Epub 2008 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 18707715.
Warren JW, Brown J, Tracy JK, Langenberg P, Wesselmann U, Greenberg P. Evidence-based criteria for pain of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in women. Urology. 2008 Mar;71(3):444-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.10.062. PubMed PMID: 18342184; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2293273.
Wesselmann U. Chronic pelvic and urogenital pain syndromes. Pain - Clinical Updates, IASP Press. 2008; XVI(6):1-4.
Baranowski AP, Abrams P, Berger RE, Buffington CA, de C Williams AC, Hanno P, Loeser JD, Nickel JC, Wesselmann U. Urogenital pain--time to accept a new approach to phenotyping and, as a consequence, management. Eur Urol. 2008 Jan;53(1):33-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.10.010. Epub 2007 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 17961909; NIHMSID:NIHMS451879.
Greenspan JD, Craft RM, LeResche L, Arendt-Nielsen L, Berkley KJ, Fillingim RB, Gold MS, Holdcroft A, Lautenbacher S, Mayer EA, Mogil JS, Murphy AZ, Traub RJ. Studying sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia: a consensus report. Pain. 2007 Nov;132 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S26-S45. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.014. Epub 2007 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 17964077; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2823483.
Collett BJ, Berkley K. The IASP Global Year against pain in women. Pain. 2007 Nov;132 Suppl 1:S1-S2. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.008. Epub 2007 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 17951005.
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