Erectile Dysfunction Is Not a Mirror of Endothelial Dysfunction in HIV-Infected Patients

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1114-1121

  Guaraldi, Giovanni ^a   Beggi, Mattia ^a   Zona, Stefano ^a   Luzi, Kety ^a   Orlando, Gabriella ^a   Carli, Federica ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Rochira, Vincenzo ^a   Rossi, Rosario ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a   Bouloux, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Body image; Endothelial dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPOGONADISM; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LIPODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84859269610     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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