The influence of testosterone combined with a PDE5-inhibitor on cognitive, affective, and physiological sexual functioning in women suffering from sexual dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 777-790

  Van Der Made, Flip ^a,b   Bloemers, Jos ^b   Yassem, Wadi E ^b   Kleiverda, Gunilla ^a   Everaerd, Walter ^c   Van Ham, Diana ^b   Olivier, Berend ^d,e,f   Koppeschaar, Hans ^g   Tuiten, Adriaan ^a,b,d  

^a Flevoziekenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Emotional Brain Inc   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female sexual dysfunction; Selective attention; Testosterone and vardenafil; Vaginal pulse amplitude

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 61549119473     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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