Psychological, medical, and pharmacological correlates of persistent genital arousal disorder

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1358-1366

  Leiblum, Sandra ^a   Seehuus, Martin ^b   Goldmeier, David ^c   Brown, Candace ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical Conditions; Nonpathological Genital Arousal; Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder; Pharmacological Associations; Psychological Perspectives; Psychology Associations

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 34548324666     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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