Relation of androgen receptor sensitivity and mood to sexual desire in hormonal contraception users

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-479

  Elaut, Els ^a   Buysse, Ann ^b   De Sutter, Petra ^a   De Cuypere, Griet ^a   Gerris, Jan ^a   Deschepper, Ellen ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG polymorphism; Contraception; Female sexual desire; mood; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE ADENINE GUANINE; DESOGESTREL; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS ETONOGESTREL; GUANINE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DESIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PROGESTINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TESTOSTERONE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859733559     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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