The effect of sildenafil citrate on uterine and clitoral arterial blood flow in postmenopausal women

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Alataş, Erkan ^a   Yaǧci, A Baki ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLITORIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 25144501555     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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