Hysterectomy and sexual functioning

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1934-1941

  Rhodes, Julia C ^a,c   Kjerulff, Kristen H ^a   Langenberg, Patricia W ^a   Guzinski, Gay M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VAGINA MUCOSA; XEROSIS;

EID: 0033601053     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.20.1934     Document Type: Article

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