Do women with endometriosis have to worry about sex?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-74

  Di Donato, Nadine ^a   Montanari, Giulia ^a   Benfenati, Arianna ^a   Monti, Giorgia ^a   Bertoldo, Valentina ^a   Mauloni, Maurizio ^a   Seracchioli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Endometriosis; Sexual function; Sexuality; SHOW Q score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADENOMYOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; PAIN SEVERITY; PARITY; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN WOMEN QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 84904634651     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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