Iatrogenic and Post-Traumatic Female Sexual Disorder

Standard Practice in Sexual Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 351-361

  Graziottin, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a Center of Gynecology and Medical Sexology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hormonotherapy; Medical conditions; Morbidities; Sexual disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889485418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755235.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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