Sexuality, pre-conception counseling and urological management of pregnancy for young women with spina bifida

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-133

  Visconti, Daniela ^a   Noia, Giuseppe ^a   Triarico, Silvia ^a   Quattrocchi, Tomasella ^a   Pellegrino, Marcella ^a   Carducci, Brigida ^a   De Santis, Marco ^a   Caruso, Alessandro ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pre conception counseling; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Spina bifida; Urological management

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFIXIME; FOLIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BLADDER INJURY; CATHETERIZATION; DISABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENARCHE; ORGASM; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PUDENDAL NERVE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINA BIFIDA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROLOGICAL CARE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84865020453     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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