The impact of infertility and its treatment on sexual life and marital relationships: Review of the literature;L'impact de l'infertilité et de ses traitements sur la vie sexuelle et la relation de couple: Revue de la littérature

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 624-637

  Coeffin Driol C ^a   Giami, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Infertilit ; Infertility; Marital relashionships; Marital sexuality; Relations de couple; Sexualit ; Sexuality; Vie sexuelle

Indexed keywords

ANORGASMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VAGINISM;

EID: 4444344628     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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