Sexual activity and functioning in female scleroderma patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3 SUPPL. 54, 2009, Pages

  Impens, Ann Julie ^a   Rothman, Jennifer ^b   Schiopu, Elena ^a   Cole, Jason C ^c   Dang, Jeff ^c   Gendrano, Noel ^d   Rosen, Raymond C ^d   Seibold, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c THE MEASUREMENT GROUP   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual; Functioning; Quality of life; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350639367     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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