Identifying constructs and criteria for the diagnosis of premature ejaculation: Implication for making errors of classification

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 708-712

  Althof, Stanley E ^a,b   Rowland, David L ^c  

^a Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Diagnostic errors; Premature ejaculation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EJACULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 47949097219     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07790.x     Document Type: Review

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