Report of spontaneous and persistent genital arousal in women attending a sexual health clinic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 519-521

  Garvey, L J ^a,b,d   West, C ^a   Latch, N ^b   Leiblum, S ^c   Goldmeier, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c St Mary's Hospital ^*

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Persistent genital arousal disorder; Sexual arousal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PERSISTENT GENITAL AROUSAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOMATIZATION; SPONTANEOUS GENITAL AROUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349263449     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008492     Document Type: Article

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