Sildenafil Affects Olfactory Function

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Gudziol, V ^a   Muck Weymann M ^a,d   Seizinger, O ^b   Rauh, R ^b   Siffert, W ^c   Hummel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

odors; penile erection; penis; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SMELLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GENOTYPE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMELL;

EID: 33845290220     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.060     Document Type: Article

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