Erectile dysfunction of sclerodermic patients correlates with digital vascular damage

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-321

  Rosato, Edoardo ^a   Aversa, Antonio ^a   Molinaro, Ilenia ^a   Pisarri, Simonetta ^a   Spera, Giovanni ^a   Salsano, Felice ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillaroscopy; Erectile dysfunction; Raynaud's phenomenon of penis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ENDOTHELIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; DIGITAL ULCER; DIGITAL VASCULAR DAMAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDSGER DISEASE SEVERITY SCALE; NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; RATING SCALE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SCLERODERMA; SEXUAL HEALTH INVENTORY FOR MEN; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN DISEASE; VENOCCLUSIVE DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 79956057753     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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