The role of the urologist in the management of female sexual dysfunctions

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 389-393

  Salonia, Andrea ^a   Zanni, Giuseppe ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Fabbri, Fabio ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Couple; Female sexual dysfunction; LUTS; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CYSTECTOMY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROLOGY;

CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY;

EID: 8644223458     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200411000-00016     Document Type: Review

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