A Multivariate Twin Study of Female Sexual Dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2671-2681

  Burri, Andrea ^a,b   Greven, Corina ^a,c   Leupin, Myriam ^b   Spector, Timothy ^a   Rahman, Qazi ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female Sexual Dysfunction; FSFI; Genetic; Heritability; Multivariate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL LUBRICATION;

EID: 84867403584     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02861.x     Document Type: Article

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