Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Controlled Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2664-2670

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

^a Ozel Konya Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Afyonkarahisar State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic Disease; DAS 28; Depression; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Sexual Dysfunction; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDEX OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORNING STIFFNESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84867395393     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02882.x     Document Type: Article

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