Penile traction therapy for treatment of peyronie's disease: A single-center pilot study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1468-1473

  Levine, Laurence A ^a,c   Newell, Mark ^b   Taylor, Frederick L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Medway Research Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Penile Deformity; Peyronie's Disease; Traction Therapy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOATE POTASSIUM; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COLCHICINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PENIS ERECTION; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 44949109158     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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