Update on medical treatment of ejaculatory disorders

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 333-344

  Kamischke, A ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anejaculation; Ejaculation; Male infertility; Retrograde ejaculation; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; DIAMETANE; EPHEDRINE; IMIPRAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDODRINE; MILODRIN; NEOSTIGMINE; ORNADE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESPONSE; EJACULATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SEX THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; VERTIGO; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

BROMPHENIRAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EJACULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0036428778     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2002.00379.x     Document Type: Review

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