Delay in Seeking Medical Help in Patients with New-Onset Erectile Dysfunction Remained High Over and Despite the PDE5 Era-An Ecological Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3239-3246

  Salonia, Andrea ^a   Ferrari, Matteo ^a   Saccà, Antonino ^a   Pellucchi, Federico ^a   Castagna, Giulia ^a   Clementi, Maria Chiara ^a   Matloob, Rayan ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Awareness; Erectile dysfunction; Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors; Sildenafil; Tadalafil; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84870603492     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02953.x     Document Type: Article

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