A naturalistic prospective open study of the effects of adjunctive therapy of sexual dysfunction in chronic PTSD patients

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-32

  Chudakov, Bela ^a   Cohen, Hagit ^a   Matar, Michael Alex ^a   Kaplan, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 45549096231     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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