Favourable effect of sildenafil on erectile dysfunction in patients who underwent radiotherapy following prostate cancer; randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study;Gunstig effect van sildenafil op erectiele disfunctie bij patiënten na radiotherapie voor prostaatkanker; gerandomiseerd, dubbelblind, placebogecontroleerd en gekruist onderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 1687-1690

  Incrocci, L ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Slob, A K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0042825467     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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