Therapy Insight: Sexual dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 200-207

  Finkelstein, Fredric O ^a,b,e   Shirani, Shirin ^c   Wuerth, Diane ^d   Finkelstein, Susan H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital of St Raphael   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Renal Research Institute   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Erectile dysfunction; Psychosocial difficulties; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CIMETIDINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IRON; KETOCONAZOLE; LEVODOPA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SILDENAFIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; ZINC;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947645917     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0438     Document Type: Review

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