Sexual dysfunction is correlated with tenderness in female fibromyalgia patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6 SUPPL. 69, 2011, Pages

  Ablin, J N ^a   Gurevitz, I ^b   Cohen, H ^b   Buskila, D ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LIBIDO; ORGASM; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; AROUSAL; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERALGESIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; ISRAEL; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858822177     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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