Sexual Satisfaction of infertile couples assessed using the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shoji, Mayumi ^a   Hamatani, Toshio ^a   Ishikawa, Shoko ^b,c   Kuji, Naoaki ^a   Ohta, Hiroaki ^d   Matsui, Hideo ^b   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ginza Ladies Clinic Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Japan)

^d Women's Medical Centre of Sanno Medical Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84902146180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05203     Document Type: Article

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