Stronger Evidence for Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy in Restless Genital Syndrome: Two Case Reports in Males

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Waldinger, Marcel D ^a,b   Venema, Pieter L ^c   Van Gils, Ad P G ^a   De Lint, Govert J ^a   Schweitzer, Dave H ^d  

^a HagaHospital ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HagaHospital   (Netherlands)

^d REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dorsal nerve of the penis; Persistent sexual arousal syndrome; PGAD; ReGS; Small fiber neuropathy; Spontaneous ejaculation

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS AND NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD; CYSTOSCOPY; DEFECATION; DERMATOME; DORSAL PENIS NERVE; ECHOGRAPHY; EJACULATION; EJACULATION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MASTURBATION; MICTURITION; NERVE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBIC BONE; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS GENITAL SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMALL FIBER SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TESTIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; URINARY URGENCY; WALKING;

EID: 78650778332     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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