Sexual health in adult men with spina bifida

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1466-1469

  Bong, Gary W ^a   Rovner, Eric S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Fertility; Myelomeningocele; Sexuality; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; SILDENAFIL;

AZOOSPERMIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PENIS ERECTION; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SULFONES;

EID: 34548763200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.191     Document Type: Review

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