Sildenafil versus continuous positive airway pressure for erectile dysfunction in men with obstructive sleep apnea: A comparative study of their efficacy and safety and the patient's satisfaction with treatment

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Perimenis, Petros ^a,b   Karkoulias, Kyriakos ^a   Konstantinopoulos, Angelis ^a   Perimeni, Paraskevi P ^a   Katsenis, George ^a   Athanasopoulos, Anastasios ^a   Spyropoulos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Erectile dysfunction; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY NOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947238912     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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