Multiple pelvic floor complaints are correlated with sexual abuse history

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Beck, Jack J H ^a   Elzevier, Henk W ^a   Pelger, Rob C M ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Voorham van Der Zalm, Petra J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abuse; Female; Pelvic Floor; Sexual Abuse; Sexual Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 58149494636     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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