Is Erectile Dysfunction a Reliable Proxy of General Male Health Status? The Case for the International Index of Erectile Function-Erectile Function Domain

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2708-2715

  Salonia, Andrea ^a   Castagna, Giulia ^a   Saccà, Antonino ^a   Ferrari, Matteo ^a   Capitanio, Umberto ^a   Castiglione, Fabio ^a   Rocchini, Lorenzo ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Erectile Dysfunction; Erectile Function; Health Status; International Index of Erectile Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867403706     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02869.x     Document Type: Article

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