Sildenafil relieves priapism in patients with sickle cell disease [1]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-

  Bialecki, Eldad S ^a   Bridges, Kenneth R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSURIA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMPOTENCE; LETTER; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037101989     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01165-8     Document Type: Letter

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