Assessment of female sexual function in patients with psoriasis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1545-1548

  Abul Maaty, Al Shaymaa H ^a   Gomaa, Amal H A ^a   Mohammed, Ghada F A ^a   Youssef, Ismail M ^a   Eyada, Moustafa M K ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Female Sexual Dysfunction; PASI Score; Psoriasis; Self Image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORGASM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS ASSESSMENT SEVERITY INDEX; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84878710800     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12119     Document Type: Article

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