Gynaecological symptoms and sexual disability in women with primary sjögren's syndrome and sicca syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 683-690

  Bongi, Susanna Maddali ^a   Rosso, Angela Del ^a   Orlandi, Martina ^a   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gynaecological symptoms; Quality of life; Sexual ability; Sicca syndrome; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED HILL QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLEASURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VULVAR DRYNESS; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

AFFECT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLEASURE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84884942478     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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