Geometric mean IELT and premature ejaculation: Appropriate statistics to avoid overestimation of treatment efficacy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Waldinger, Marcel D ^a,b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^c   Olivier, Berend ^b,d   Schweitzer, Dave H ^e  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dapoxetine; Geometric mean IELT; Premature ejaculation; SSRI; TEMPE

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DAPOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL EJACULATION LATENCY TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 38649097185     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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