Transdermal Testosterone Gel prn Application for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women: A controlled pilot study of the effects on the arizona sexual experiences scale for females and sexual function questionnaire

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 204-208

  Chudakov, Bella ^a,b   Ben Zion, Itzhak Z ^a   Belmaker, R H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Controlled study; Hypoactive sexual desire disorder; Transdermal testosterone gel

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GEL; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN TINGLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33845753450     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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