Pleasure and orgasm in women with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/ C)

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1666-1678

  Catania, Lucrezia ^a,d   Abdulcadir, Omar ^a   Puppo, Vincenzo ^b   Verde, Jole Baldaro ^c   Abdulcadir, Jasmine ^a   Abdulcadir, Dalmar ^a  

^a Research Center for Preventing and Curing Complications of FGM C   (Italy)

^b Italian Centre for Sexology   (Italy)

^c Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Sexology   (Italy)

^d Centro di Riferimento per la Prevenzione e la Cura delle Complicanze delle MGF/C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clitoris; Deinfibulation; Female Circumcision; Female Genital Mutilation Cutting; Infibulation; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 35448962533     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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