Efficacy and safety of transurethral alprostadil therapy in men with erectile dysfunction

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 889-894

  Williams, G ^a   Abbou, C C ^b   Amar, E T ^c   Desvaux, P ^d   Flam, T A ^e   Lycklama Nijeholt, G A B ^f   Lynch, S F ^g   Morgan, R J ^h   Muller S C ⁱ   Porst, H ^j   Pryor, J P ^k   Ryan, P ^l   Witzsch, U K F ^m   Hall, M M ^a   Place, V A ^a   Spivack, A P ^a   Gesundheit, N ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Chirurgie Ilrologique et Andrologique   (France)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g The Surgery   (Ireland)

^h ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j Middlesex Hospital ^*

^k Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (United Kingdom)

^l DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^m Menlo Park and VIVUS   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Alprostadil; Erectile dysfunction; Transurethral application

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAURETHRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ALPROSTADIL; AMBULATORY CARE; COITUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 7144251198     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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