Erectile dysfunction management options in Nigeria

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1090-1102

  Afolayan, Anthony Jide ^a   Yakubu, Musa Toyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drugs; Erectile dysfunction; Management options; Occultism; Phytotherapy; Prevalence; Psychological and behavioural counseling; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS EXTRACT; CARPOLOBIA ALBA EXTRACT; CISSUS POPULNEA EXTRACT; FADOGIA AGRESTIS EXTRACT; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOSARTAN; MASSULARIA ACUMINATA EXTRACT; PAUSINYSTALIA YOHIMBE EXTRACT; PHENTOLAMINE; PIPER GUINEESE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; TERMINALIA CATAPPA EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; YOHIMBINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASPARAGUS AFRICANUS; CARPOLOBIA ALBA; CISSUS POPULNEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FADOGIA AGRESTIS; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MASSULARIA ACUMINATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PAUSINYSTALIA YOHIMBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 63849164248     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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