Is female sexual function related to the male partners' erectile function?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 420-429

  Jiann, Bang Ping ^a,b   Su, Cheng Chen ^c   Tsai, Jeng Yu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Couple; Erectile dysfunction; Erectile function; Female sexual dysfunction; Female sexual function; Individual domain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; TAIWAN; VAGINAL LUBRICATION;

EID: 84873055419     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.03007.x     Document Type: Article

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