Position Paper: Management of Men Complaining of a Small Penis Despite an Actually Normal Size

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 294-303

  Ghanem, Hussein ^a   Glina, Sidney ^b   Assalian, Pierre ^c   Buvat, Jacques ^d  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HOSPITAL IPIRANGA   (Brazil)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Centre ETPARP   (France)

Author keywords

Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Dysmorphophobia; Penile Augmentation; Small Penis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PENIS AUGMENTATION; PENIS SIZE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872873933     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02725.x     Document Type: Article

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