Sexuality and subjective wellbeing in male patients with congenital heart disease

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1179-1183

  Vigl, M ^a   Hager, A ^b   Bauer, U ^a   Niggemeyer, E ^a   Wittstock, B ^b   Kohn F M ^c   Hess, J ^b   Kaemmerer, H ^b  

^a Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects ^*  (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Andrologicum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEAR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650085882     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.156695     Document Type: Article

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