Efficacy and safety of red ginseng extract powder in patients with erectile dysfunction: Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Ham, Won Sik ^a   Kim, Won Tae ^a   Lee, Jin Sun ^a   Ju, Hee Jeong ^a   Kang, Shin Jyung ^b   Oh, Jin Hwan ^b   Her, Youl ^b   Chung, Jae Yong ^c   Park, Kwangsung ^d   Choi, Young Deuk ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Joongbu University   (South Korea)

^c MECOX CureMed   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Ginseng; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EYE PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SKIN APPENDAGE DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 61849085172     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2009.50.2.159     Document Type: Article

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