Sexual response in women with spinal cord injuries: Implications for our understanding of the able bodied

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-22

  Sipskt, Marca L ^a,b   Alexander, Craig J ^a,b   Rosen, Raymond C ^c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; ORGASM; PARALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFLEX; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ORGASM; REFLEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VAGINA;

EID: 0032958547     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926239908403974     Document Type: Article

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