Sexuality, an important component of the quality of life of the kidney transplant recipient

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 214-223

  Muehrer, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70349168165     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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