Female sexual arousal disorder: new insights
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Female sexual arousal disorders.
INTRODUCTION Definitions and terminology for female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) are currently being debated. While some authors have suggested that FSAD is more a subjective response rather than a genital response, others have suggested that desire and arousal disorders should be combined in one entity. Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) is a new entity which is suggested to be defin...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Impotence Research
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0955-9930,1476-5489
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900596