Tolterodine immediate release improves sexual function in women with overactive bladder

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2880-2885

  Hajebrahimi, Sakineh ^a   Azaripour, Arash ^a   Sadeghi Bazargani, Homayoun ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimuscarinics; Overactive Bladder; Sexual Function; Tolterodine

Indexed keywords

TOLTERODINE;

ADULT; ARIZONA SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION ON INCONTINENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; LIBIDO; LUBRICATION; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 57449088176     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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