Topical treatment of erectile dysfunction: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of cream containing aminophylline, isosorbide dinitrate, and co-dergocrine mesylate

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7045, 1996, Pages 1512-1515

  Gomaa, Adel ^a   Shalaby, Mohamed ^a   Osman, Mohamed ^a   Eissa, Mohamed ^a   Eizat, Alaa ^a   Mahmoud, Mostafy ^a   Mikhail, Nabiel ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; DIHYDROERGOTOXINE MESILATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029936030     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7045.1512     Document Type: Article

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