The utility of sildenafil citrate for infertile men with sexual dysfunction: A pilot study

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 603-606

  Boorjian, Stephen ^a   Hopps, Carin V ^a   Ghaly, Sameh W ^b   Parker, Marilyn ^b   Mulhall, John P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Infertility; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; EJACULATION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SELF CONCEPT; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547620308     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07038.x     Document Type: Article

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