Nicorandil-induced penile ulcerations: A case series

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-271

  Yap, Tet ^a,b   Philippou, Prodromos ^b   Perry, Matthew ^a   Lam, Wayne ^a   Corbishley, Cathy ^a   Watkin, Nick ^a  

^a St Georges NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nicorandil; penile ulceration; side effects

Indexed keywords

NICORANDIL; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ULCER; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; HUMANS; MALE; NICORANDIL; PENILE DISEASES; ULCER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78651094679     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09463.x     Document Type: Article

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