Self-reported sexual arousability in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 343-355

  Zucker, Kenneth J ^a   Bradley, Susan J ^b   Oliver, Gillian ^b   Blake, Jennifer ^b   Fleming, Susan ^b   Hood, Jane ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIBLING; VIRILIZATION;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; ORGASM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 4644359225     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230490465109     Document Type: Article

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