Effects of sex hormones in oral contraceptives on the female sexual function score: A study in German female medical students

Contraception

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Wallwiener, Markus ^a   Wallwiener, Lisa Maria ^a   Seeger, Harald ^b   Mueck, Alfred O ^b   Zipfel, Stephan ^c   Bitzer, Johannes ^d   Wallwiener, Christian W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arousal; Contraception; Desire; Female sexual dysfunction; FSFI; Libido; Online study

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; GESTAGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; GERMANY; LIBIDO; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; PROGESTINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955715591     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.12.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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