Sexual Function in Adult Patients With Spina Bifida and its Impact on Quality of Life

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4 SUPPLEMENT, 2007, Pages 1611-1614

  Lassmann, Jenny ^a   Garibay Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Melchionni, Jeanne B ^a   Pasquariello Jr , Patrick S ^a   Snyder III, Howard M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

quality of life; sexual function; spina bifida in adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGASM; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WATTS SEXUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34548390190     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.162     Document Type: Article

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