The efficacy of sildenafil citrate following radiation therapy for prostate cancer: Temporal considerations

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 258-262

  Ohebshalom, Michael ^a   Parker, Marilyn ^b   Guhring, Patricia ^a   Mulhall, John P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Impotence; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444442316     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000164286.47518.1e     Document Type: Article

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