What is the relationship between male sexual function and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)?

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 482-487

  Sak, S C ^a   Hussain, Z ^a   Johnston, C ^b   Eardley, I ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ejaculatory function; Erectile function; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Sexual function; Sexual interest

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EJACULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 4444379411     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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