Body imaging and sexual behavior in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2752-2760

  Morotti, Elena ^a   Persico, Nicola ^b   Battaglia, Bruno ^a   Fabbri, Raffaella ^a   Meriggiola, Maria Cristina ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a   Battaglia, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body Image; Clitoris; Depression; Genital Blood Flow; PCOS; Sexual Behavior; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MOOD; OLIGOMENORRHEA; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; VASCULARIZATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY IMAGE; CLITORIS; DEPRESSION; GENITAL BLOOD FLOW; PCOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887105853     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12284     Document Type: Article

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