Intracavernous sodium nitroprusside (SNP) versus papaverine/phentolamine in erectile dysfunction: A comparative study of short- term efficacy and side- effects

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Shamloul, Rany ^a,b   Atteya, Ahmed ^a   Elnashaar, Abdelrahman ^a   Gadallah, Amr ^a   Zohdy, Wael ^a   Abdelsalam, Wael ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impotence; Intracavernous drugs; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUTION; DRUG USE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PAIN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF INJECTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 16344376736     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.20121.x     Document Type: Article

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