Six-month administration of 1% testosterone gel is able to restore erectile function in hypogonadal patients with erectile dysfunction

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Corona, Giovanni ^a,b   Petrone, Luisa ^a   Fisher, Alessandra D ^a   Mansani, Riccardo ^a   Bandini, Elisa ^a   Boddi, Valentina ^a   Lotti, Francesco ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Replacment therapy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHEMA; GEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GELS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53949100853     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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