The effects of hysterectomy on sexual arousal in women with a history of benign uterine fibroids

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hysterectomy; Sexual arousal; Uterine fibroids; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXERCISE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; TIME; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

EID: 2342578054     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASEB.0000007460.80311.3c     Document Type: Article

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