The aetiology and management of erectile, ejaculatory, and fertility problems in men with diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 700-708

  Dunsmuir, W D ^a   Holmes, S A V ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ejaculatory failure; Erectile failure; Impotence; Infertility

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; YOHIMBINE;

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACAVERNOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIAPISM; REVIEW;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EJACULATION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029900706     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199608)13:8<700::AID-DIA174>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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