Hormones and sexual function

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Redmond, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a Center for Health Studies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Estrogen; Hyperandrogenism; Libido; Menopause; Patient counseling; Sexual dysfunction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ALOPECIA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; LIBIDO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGED; DRUG MONITORING; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032829837     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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