An identikit of patients seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction in Italy: Results from the EDOS italian database

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Fusco, Ferdinando ^a   Sicuteri, Riccardo ^b   Valle, Domenico ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^b   Kontodimas, S ^c   Mirone, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Eli Lilly Italia SpA   (Italy)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Observational study; Patient's management

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247164575     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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