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The Potential of Hormonal Contraception to Influence Female Sexuality

The association between female sexual function and hormonal contraception is controversial. Recognition and management of sexual side effects in women using hormonal contraceptives are challenging. An unsatisfactory number of studies report the influence of the available contraceptives on female sex...

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Autores principales: de Castro Coelho, Filipa, Barros, Cremilda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30941356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9701384
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description The association between female sexual function and hormonal contraception is controversial. Recognition and management of sexual side effects in women using hormonal contraceptives are challenging. An unsatisfactory number of studies report the influence of the available contraceptives on female sexuality. This article provides an updated narrative review regarding the effect and the magnitude of the impact that hormonal contraceptives play in female sexual function.
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spelling pubmed-64210362019-04-02 The Potential of Hormonal Contraception to Influence Female Sexuality de Castro Coelho, Filipa Barros, Cremilda Int J Reprod Med Review Article The association between female sexual function and hormonal contraception is controversial. Recognition and management of sexual side effects in women using hormonal contraceptives are challenging. An unsatisfactory number of studies report the influence of the available contraceptives on female sexuality. This article provides an updated narrative review regarding the effect and the magnitude of the impact that hormonal contraceptives play in female sexual function. Hindawi 2019-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6421036/ /pubmed/30941356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9701384 Text en Copyright © 2019 Filipa de Castro Coelho and Cremilda Barros. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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