Effect of an alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone analog on penile erection and sexual desire in men with organic erectile dysfunction

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 641-646

  Wessells, Hunter ^c   Gralnek, Dan ^a   Dorr, Robert ^a   Hruby, Victor J ^b   Hadley, Mac E ^b   Levine, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; ALPHA MELANOTROPIN[4-10]; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STRETCHING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YAWNING;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-MSH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033829159     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00680-4     Document Type: Article

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