Reduced libido and erectile dysfunction: Rarely reported side-effects of methotrexate

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Wylie, G ^a   Evans, C D ^a   Gupta, G ^a  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LETTER; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS;

EID: 70349487341     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03082.x     Document Type: Letter

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