Persistent genital arousal disorder in 18 dutch women: Part II - A syndrome clustered with restless legs and overactive bladder

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 482-497

  Waldinger, Marcel D ^a,b   Schweitzer, Dave H ^c  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

OBS; PGAD; PSAS; Restless genital syndrome; RLS

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; SERTRALINE; TRAMADOL;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DYSESTHESIA; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; ORGASM; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC VARICOSIS; PERSISTENT GENITAL AROUSAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 59349111782     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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