Assessing sexual function and dyspareunia with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in women with vulvodynia

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 315-324

  Masheb, Robin M ^a   Lozano Blanco, Christine ^a   Kohorn, Ernest I ^a   Minkin, Mary Jane ^a   Kerns, Robert D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PAIN; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4644220657     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230490463264     Document Type: Article

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