Results of Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study of Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) in Women Suffering from Obstructed Voiding or Retention Associated with the Primary Disorder of Sphincter Relaxation (Fowler's Syndrome)

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 489-497

  Datta, Soumendra N ^a   Kavia, Rajesh B C ^a   Gonzales, Gwen ^a   Fowler, Clare J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fowler's syndrome; Retention; Sildenafil; Voiding dysfunction

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; DYSURIA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOWLER SYNDROME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG PAIN; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SULFONES; SYNDROME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 33845565362     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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