Correlation between sexual function and postrenal transplant quality of life: Does gender matter?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1610-1618

  Tavallaii, Seyed Abbas ^a   Fathi ashtiani, Ali ^a   Nasiri, Mahmoud ^a   Assari, Shervin ^a   Maleki, Pouria ^a   Einollahi, Behzad ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Frequency of Intercourse; Gender; Intercourse; Intercourse Satisfaction; Kidney Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 35449002873     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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