Safety and efficacy of sildenafil citrate in treating erectile dysfunction in patients with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: A double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled study

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-383

  Safarinejad, Mohammad Reza ^a,d   Kolahi, Ali Asgar ^b   Ghaedi, Gholamhossein ^c  

^a Urology and Nephrology Research Centre   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sildenafil; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 68049147709     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08560.x     Document Type: Article

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