Oral phentolamine as treatment for erectile dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1214-1216

  Becker, Armin J ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Machtens, Stephan ^a   Schultheiss, Dirk ^a   Hartmann, Uwe ^a   Truss, Michael C ^a   Jonas, Udo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Penile erection; Phentolamine

Indexed keywords

PHENTOLAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUCCAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET;

EID: 0031919378     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63559-6     Document Type: Article

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