Clinical update on phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 374-384

  Briganti, Alberto ^a   Salonia, Andrea ^a   Deho', Federico ^a   Zanni, Giuseppe ^a   Barbieri, Luigi ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors; Sildenafil; Tadalafil; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CGMP BINDING, CGMP SPECIFIC 3',5' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CGMP-BINDING, CGMP-SPECIFIC 3',5'-CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SULFONE; TADALAFIL; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; VARDENAFIL;

HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; REVIEW;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CARBOLINES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PIPERAZINES; SULFONES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 31144472373     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-005-0022-6     Document Type: Review

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