An open-label pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of sildenafil citrate in middle-aged men with late-onset dysthymia

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 496-500

  Orr, Guy ^a,b   Seidman, Stuart N ^c,d   Weiser, Mark ^a,b   Gershon, Ari A ^a   Dubrov, Yael ^a,b   Klein, Donald F ^c,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*

Author keywords

Dysthymic disorder (DD); Late onset; Sildenafil citrate

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SILDENAFIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTHYMIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749113823     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181773913     Document Type: Article

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