creators_name: Mysore Nagaraj, Anil Kumar creators_name: Pai, Nagesh Brahmavar creators_name: Bevinahalli Nanjegowda, Raveesh creators_name: Rajagopal, Rajendra creators_name: Muthugaduru Shivarudrappa, Narendra Kumar creators_name: Siddika, Nayeema creators_id: nagarajakm24@gmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:41:03 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:30 metadata_visibility: show title: Etiology and Management of Sexual Dysfunction ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Sexual dysfunction, Erectile dysfunction, Premature ejaculation, Impaired libido abstract: Sexual dysfunction is the impairment or disruption of any of the three phases of normal sexual functioning, including loss of libido, impairment of physiological arousal and loss, delay or alteration of orgasm. 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