What if the 'sexual headache' is not a joke?

British Journal of Medical Practitioners

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Redelman, Margaret J ^a  

^a Sydney Centre for Sexual and Relationship Therapy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Headache; Sex; Sexual headache; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954559215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17578515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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