Depression resulting from olfactory dysfunction is associated with reduced sexual appetite - A cross-sectional cohort study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1924-1929

  Gudziol, Volker ^a   Wolff Stephan, Silvia ^a   Aschenbrenner, Katja ^a,b   Joraschky, Peter ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Libido; Olfactory Disorder; Quality of Life; Sexual Appetite; Sexual Desire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL APPETITE INDEX; SMELL AND TASTE PARAMETERS; SMELLING DISORDER; AROUSAL; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LIBIDO; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIBIDO; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649855185     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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