Sexual arousal in women with superficial dyspareunia

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-200

  Brauer, Marieke ^a   Laan, Ellen ^b   Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Sexual arousal; Superficial dyspareunia; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOCICEPTION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE RATE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VAGINA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745028887     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-9001-7     Document Type: Article

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