Women with deep infiltrating endometriosis: Sexual satisfaction, desire, orgasm, and pelvic problem interference with sex

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1559-1566

  Montanari, Giulia ^a   Di Donato, Nadine ^a   Benfenati, Arianna ^a   Giovanardi, Giulia ^a   Zannoni, Letizia ^a   Vicenzi, Claudia ^a   Solfrini, Serena ^a   Mignemi, Giuseppe ^a   Villa, Gioia ^a   Mabrouk, Mohamed ^a,b   Schioppa, Claudio ^c   Venturoli, Stefano ^a   Seracchioli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Sacred Heart Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic Pelvic Pain; Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis; Dyspareunia; Quality of Life; Sexual Function; SHOW Q

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORGASM; PARITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84878722638     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12133     Document Type: Article

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