Sexuality and Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Basson, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Division of Nuclear Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Idiopathic parkinsonism; Orgasm; Partner; Sexual desire; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000110349     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(96)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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