Effects of age, menopause, and comorbidities on neurological function of the female genitalia

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Connell, K ^a,b   Guess, M K ^a   Bleustein, C B ^a   Powers, K ^a   Lazarou, G ^a   Mikhail, M ^a   Melman, A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Female genital sensation; Menopause; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOME; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MENOPAUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION;

EID: 14544300981     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901230     Document Type: Article

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