Female sexual arousal disorder

Handbook of Sexual Dysfunction

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 123-154

  Laan, Ellen ^a   Everaerd, Walter ^a   Both, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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