Sildenafil citrate in the treatment of sexual dysfunction and its effect on quality of life in alcohol dependent men: Preliminary findings

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 340-346

  Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Margolis, Anatoly ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^b   Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPEPSIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; OPEN STUDY; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PURINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 37449021435     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm041     Document Type: Article

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