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Controversies and Research in Male Sexuality

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Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient

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This last chapter will try to present recent research findings and address controversial ideas/subjects in the understanding of the neurophysiology of erection and the sexual dysfunctions/diseases that plague the SCI man.

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  1. University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ

    J. F. J. Leyson MD, FACS, FICS, FICSEP, FICP, ACS, AASECT

  2. VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ

    J. F. J. Leyson MD, FACS, FICS, FICSEP, FICP, ACS, AASECT

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  1. Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

  2. 322nd US Army General Hospital, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

  3. Centerfor Sexual Dysfunctions and Neurourology, VA Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey

    Jose Florante J. Leyson (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery) (Director, Clinical Chief, Chief of Surgery)

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Leyson, J.F.J. (1991). Controversies and Research in Male Sexuality. In: Leyson, J.F.J. (eds) Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0467-1_36

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