Improvement in quality of sexual life in female partners of men with erectile dysfunction treated with sildenafil citrate: Findings of the index of sexual life (ISL) in a couple study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 761-769

  Chevret méasson, Marie ^a   Lavallée, Emmanuel ^b   Troy, Sylvie ^a   Arnould, Benoit ^c   Oudin, Séverine ^d   Cuzin, Beatrice ^e  

^a Private practice in Psychiatry and Sexology   (France)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^d MAPI NAXIS   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Couples; Male erectile dysfunction; Partnership; PDE 5 inhibitors; Sildenafil citrate; Women's sexual Life

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 61549121748     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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