Sexual functions after high-dose chemotherapy in survivors of germ cell tumors

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 933-939

  Monti, Manlio ^a   Rosti, G ^a   De Giorgi, U ^a   Cavallari, G ^a   Severini, G ^a   Giovanis, P ^a   Marangolo, M ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; High dose chemotherapy; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGASM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; GERMINOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGASM; PENILE ERECTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0242720744     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704256     Document Type: Article

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