Psychological intervention for premature ejaculation

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 501-508

  Melnik, Tamara ^a   Glina, Sidney ^b   Rodrigues, Oswaldo M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto H Ellis   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Paulista de Sexualidade   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; SILDENAFIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MASTURBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349152604     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.147     Document Type: Review

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