Sexual dysfunction in female partners of men who have undergone radical prostatectomy correlates with sexual dysfunction of the male partner

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 833-841

  Shindel, Alan ^a   Quayle, Sejal ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Husain, Adnan ^b   Naughton, Cathy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Testing; Epidemiology; Iatrogenic Sexual Dysfunction; Pelvic Cancer Treatments and Sexual Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 28444476161     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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