Persistent genital arousal disorder and trazodone. Morphometric and vascular modifications of the clitoris. A case report

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2896-2900

  Battaglia, Cesare ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clitoris; Doppler; PGAD; Trazodone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TRAZODONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; ORGASM; PARITY; PERSISTENT GENITAL AROUSAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORGASM; PULSATILE FLOW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRAZODONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70649111543     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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