Are subjects with erectile dysfunction aware of their condition? Results from a retrospective study based on an Italian free-call information service

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 548-556

  Aversa, Antonio ^a   Isidori, A M ^a   Gianfrilli, D ^a   Greco, E A ^a   Graziottin, A ^b   Zizzo, G ^c   Lenzi, A ^a   Fabbri, A ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Pfizer Italy   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Epidemiology; Erection; Impotence; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG RELEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544373920     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347477     Document Type: Article

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