Different testosterone levels are associated with ejaculatory dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1991-1998

  Corona, Giovanni ^a,b   Jannini, Emmanuele A ^c   Mannucci, Edoardo ^a   Fisher, Alessandra D ^a   Lotti, Francesco ^a   Petrone, Luisa ^a   Balercia, Giancarlo ^d   Bandini, Elisa ^a   Chiarini, Valerio ^b   Forti, Gianni ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delayed ejaculation; Hypogonadism; Premature ejaculation; SIEDY; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION DISORDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 48749121542     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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