Success of sildenafil treatment in neurogenic female sexual dysfunction caused by L5-S1 intervertebral disk rupture

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 566-567

  Ferrara, Dean ^a   Zaslau, Stanley ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Neurogenic; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLITORIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA;

ADULT; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RUPTURE; SACRUM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFONES; VAGINA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34250857959     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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