Sildenafil citrate improves self-esteem, confidence, and relationships in men with erectile dysfunction: Results from an international, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-529

  Althof, Stanley E ^a   O'Leary, Michael P ^b   Cappelleri, Joseph C ^c   Hvidsten, Kyle ^d   Stecher, Vera J ^d   Glina, Sidney ^e   King, Rosie ^f   Siegel, Richard L ^g  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Instituto H Ellis   (Brazil)

^f Sydney Center for Sex and Relationship Therapy   (Australia)

^g Sydney Center for Sex and Relationship Therapy ^*

Author keywords

Male erectile disorder; Oral vasoactive agents; Psychological assessment of sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33645965607     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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