Sexual asthenia: Tradamixina versus Tadalafil 5 mg daily

BMC Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Iacono, Fabrizio ^a   Prezioso, Domenico ^a   Illiano, Ester ^a   Romeo, Giuseppe ^a   Ruffo, Antonio ^a   Amato, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; libido; Testosterone deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TADALAFIL; TESTOSTERONE; TRADAMIXINA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BROWN ALGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIBULUS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOLINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; PHAEOPHYTA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIBULUS;

EID: 84869452463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S23     Document Type: Article

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