Impaired sexual function in women with systemic sclerosis: A cross-sectional study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1601-1608

  Schouffoer, A A ^a   Van Der Marel, J ^a   Ter Kuile, M M ^a   Weijenborg, P T M ^a   Voskuyl, A ^b   Vliet Vlieland, C W ^a,c   Van Laar, J M ^a,d   Vliet Vlieland, T P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Wantveld Primary Health Care Centre   (Netherlands)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 70449504446     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24728     Document Type: Article

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