Sexual disorders in women with MS: Assessment and management

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 337-347

  Cordeau, D ^a   Courtois, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Sexual assessment; Sexual dysfunction; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESTROGEN; LUBRICATING AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

AGE; ANORGASMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ENTEROPATHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPASTICITY; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL LUBRICATION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904061153     PISSN: 18770657     EISSN: 18770665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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