Sleep exacerbation of persistent sexual arousal syndrome in a postmenopausal woman

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 296-302

  Wylie, Kevan ^a,b   Levin, Roy ^b   Hallam Jones, Ruth ^b   Goddard, Amanda ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Porterbrook Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Persistent sexual arousal; Photoplethysmography; Postmenopausal; Vaginal vasomotion

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS; COGNITION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP; VAGINA;

EID: 33646012355     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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