Sexual Functioning in Women and Men with Fibromyalgia

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 542-549

  Rico Villademoros, Fernando ^a   Calandre, Elena P ^a   Rodríguez López, Carmen M ^a   García Carrillo, Jocelyne ^a   Ballesteros, Javier ^b   Hidalgo Tallón, Javier ^a   García Leiva, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic musculoskeletal syndrome; Chronic pain; Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHANGES IN SEXUAL FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84856526343     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02513.x     Document Type: Article

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