Rates and correlates of sexual activity and impairment among women with systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-350

  Levis, Brooke ^a   Hudson, Marie ^a   Knafo, Ruby ^a   Baron, Murray ^a   Nielson, Warren R ^b   Hill, Marilyn ^b   Thombs, Brett D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VAGINA PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 84859828725     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20696     Document Type: Article

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