An investigation of sexual dysfunction in female partners of men with erectile dysfunction: How interviews expand on questionnaire responses

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 355-362

  Conaglen, H M ^a   O'Connor, E J ^b   McCabe, M P ^b   Conaglen, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; female partner; interviews; sexual dysfunction; sildenafil; tadalafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 78650606936     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2010.25     Document Type: Article

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