Head injury and sexual dysfunction

Brain Injury

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 703-718

  Elliott, Mark L ^a,b   Biever, Laurel S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N416 Doan Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0029783815     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990596123972     Document Type: Review

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