Sexual function in women with Turner syndrome

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Sheaffer, Alexis T ^a   Lange, Eileen ^a   Bondy, Carolyn A ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FANTASY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TURNER SYNDROME; WEBBED NECK; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SHYNESS; TESTOSTERONE; TURNER SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38849089359     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0488     Document Type: Article

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