{A figure is presented} Uterine myomas, dyspareunia, and sexual function

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1504-1510

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Abbamonte, Luiza Helena ^a   Giordano, Margherita ^a   Parisi, Mauro ^a   Ragni, Nicola ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep dyspareunia; sexual life; sexuality; uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEIOMYOMA; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750174406     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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