Sexual dysfunction in females with multiple sclerosis: Quantitative sensory testing

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Gruenwald, Ilan ^a   Vardi, Yoram ^a,b   Gartman, Irena ^a   Juven, Elizabeth ^b   Sprecher, Elliot ^a   Yarnitsky, David ^a,b   Miller, Ariel ^b,c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Multiple sclerosis; Sensory testing; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGASM DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VAGINA; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CLITORIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33846502809     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506071134     Document Type: Article

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