Women's sexuality after menopause: What role for androgens?

Sexuality, Reproduction and Menopause

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 204-208

  Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a   Pluchino, Nicola ^a   Bernardi, Francesca ^a   Valentino, Valeria ^a   Nappi, Rossella E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DRUG METABOLITE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NORETHISTERONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TIBOLONE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 13844309327     PISSN: 15462501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sram.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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