Therapeutic effects of high dose yohimbine hydrochloride on organic erectile dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-124

  Teloken, Claudio ^a,b   Rhoden, Ernani Luis ^a   Sogari, Paulo ^a   Dambros, Miriam ^a   Souto, Carlos Ary Vargas ^a  

^a Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Impotence; Libido; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RIGIDITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0343580432     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64032-1     Document Type: Article

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