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A 46-year-old woman, married for 16 years, reports having had a low level of sexual desire and minimal sexual arousal during sexual activity for the past 10 years. Sexual thoughts, fantasies, and orgasms are all extremely rare. Lubrication is sufficient to allow painless intercourse. She and her husband have an eight-year-old son who was born after in vitro fertilization for unexplained infertility. How should this patient be assessed and treated?
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