Sexual dysfunction and sympathetic skin response recorded from the genital region in women with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 742-748

  Seçil, Yaprak ^a,d   Yetimalar, Yeşim ^a   Gedizlioǧlu, Muhteşem ^b   Arpaci, Esra ^b   Tokuçoǧlu, Figen ^a   I̊nceoǧlu Kendir, Ayşen ^a   Başoǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Ertekin, Cumhur ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genital sympathetic skin responce; Multiple sclerosis; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MODAFINIL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOOT; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HAND; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SKIN STIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34447560025     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506073647     Document Type: Article

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