Comparison of androgens in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder: Those on combined oral contraceptives (COCs) vs. those not on COCs

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 878-882

  Warnock, Julia K ^a   Clayton, Anita ^b   Croft, Harry ^c   Segraves, Robert ^d   Biggs, Faye C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Croft Research Group   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOGAMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWO TAILED TEST;

EID: 33747715132     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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