"It Takes Two to Tango": The Relational Domain in a Cohort of Subjects with Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3126-3136

  Boddi, Valentina ^a   Corona, Giovanni ^a   Fisher, Alessandra Daphne ^b   Mannucci, Edoardo ^b   Ricca, Valdo ^b   Sforza, Alessandra ^c   Forti, Gianni ^b   Maggi, Mario ^b  

^a Andrology Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copule; Couple dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Relational domain

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTHOOD; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW ON ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84870620715     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02948.x     Document Type: Article

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