Pet supports the hypothesized existence of a male sexual brain algorithm which may respond to treatment combining psychotherapy with virtual reality

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 62, Issue , 1999, Pages 249-251

  Optale, G ^a,b   Chierichetti, F ^c   Munari, A ^d   Nasta, A ^d   Pianon, C ^d   Viggiano, G ^d   Ferlin, G ^c  

^a Gabriele Optale MD   (Italy)

^b Association of Medical Psychotherapists   (Italy)

^c Public Hospital   (Italy)

^d Mirano Public Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032605066     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-906-6-249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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