Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent among men with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and negatively impacts health-related quality of life

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1235-1243

  Danoff, Ann ^a,d,e   Khan, Oona ^a,e   Wan, David W ^e   Hurst, Lainie ^a,e   Cohen, Daniel ^e   Tenner, Craig T ^b,d,e   Bini, Edmund J ^c,d,e  

^a Division of Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

^b Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF MALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33744788158     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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