The Effects of Fibromyalgia Syndrome on Female Sexuality: A Controlled Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 779-785

  Yilmaz, Halim ^a   Yilmaz, Sema Dereli ^b   Polat, Halime Almula Demir ^a   Salli, Ali ^b   Erkin, Gulten ^a   Ugurlu, Hatice ^b  

^a Ozel Konya Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic Illness; Female; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Sexual Dysfunction; Tender Points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84857653859     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02619.x     Document Type: Article

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