Erectile dysfunction after therapy with metoprolol: The Hawthorne effect

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-177

  Cocco, G ^a  

^a Cardiology Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blockers; Erectile dysfunction; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; PLACEBO; TADALAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH DISEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARBOLINES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 47649114624     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147951     Document Type: Article

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