Sexual dysfunction as related to severity of fatigue in women with CFS

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-247

  Blazquez, A ^a,b   Ruiz, E ^a   Vazquez, A ^a   De Sevilla, T Fernandez ^a   Garcia Quintana, A ^a   Garcia Quintana, J ^a   Alegre, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41949125116     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701866232     Document Type: Article

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