Problems and factors affecting the sexual lives of patients with Multiple Sclerosis living in Turkey

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Akkuş, Yeliz ^a   Duru, Güler ^b  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiple Sclerosis; Nursing; Sexual problems; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE; ORGASM DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 79954437572     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-010-9191-3     Document Type: Article

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