Sexual problems among women with multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 81-85

  Merghati Khoei, Effat ^a,b   Qaderi, Kowsar ^c   Amini, Leila ^c   Korte, Jeffrey E ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Multiple Sclerosis; Quality of life; Sexual Problems; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERFERON; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORGASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPASTICITY; SPOUSE;

EID: 84882450816     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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