Time course of effects of testosterone administration on sexual arousal in women

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Tuiten, Adriaan ^a   Van Honk, Jack ^a   Koppeschaar, Hans ^b   Bernaards, Coen ^a   Thijssen, Jos ^b   Verbaten, Rien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033969797     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.2.149     Document Type: Article

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