Pilot study of vaginal plethysmography in women treated with radiotherapy for gynecological cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 540-546

  Pras, Elisabeth ^a   Wouda, Jan ^a   Willemse, Pax H B ^a   Midden, Maria E ^a   Zwart, Marjolijn ^a   De Vries, Elisabeth G E ^a   Weijmar Schultz, Willibrord C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Radiotherapy; Sexual dysfunction; Vaginal plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OVARY CANCER; PILOT STUDY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEXUALITY; VAGINA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 1642385113     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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