Sexual quality of life in an intersexual population: A needs assessment

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Schober, J M ^a,b  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN;

ANORGASMIA; CLITORIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; ORGASM DISORDER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TURNER SYNDROME; VAGINISM; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; GENITALIA; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 2342576211     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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