Hysterical traits are not from the uterus but from the testis: A study in men with sexual dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2321-2331

  Bandini, Elisa ^a   Corona, Giovanni ^a,b   Ricca, Valdo ^a   Fisher, Alessandra D ^a   Lotti, Francesco ^a   Sforza, Alessandra ^b   Faravelli, Carlo ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Mannucci, Edoardo ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hysterical Traits; Sexual Dysfunction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WELLBEING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HYPOGONADISM; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TESTIS; UTERUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYSTERIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; UTERUS;

EID: 68349157554     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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