Oral phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and hormonal treatments for erectile dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 650-661

  Tsertsvadze, Alexander ^a   Fink, Howard A ^b   Yazdi, Fatemeh ^a   MacDonald, Roderick ^b   Bella, Anthony J ^c   Ansari, Mohammed T ^a   Garritty, Chantelle ^a   Soares Weiser, Karla ^d   Daniel, Raymond ^a   Sampson, Margaret ^e   Fox, Steven ^f   Moher, David ^a   Wilt, Timothy J ^c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Enhance Reviews   (Israel)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRODENAFIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; UDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARDENAFIL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANGINA PECTORIS; APPLICATION SITE IRRITATION; BACKACHE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CREAM; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE TOXICITY; FLUSHING; GEL; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONARTERITIC ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; NOSE CONGESTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENIS ERECTION; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 5; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70450211304     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1059/0003-4819-151-9-200911030-00150     Document Type: Review

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