How I manage priapism due to sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 754-765

  Olujohungbe, Ade ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^b  

^a CancerCare Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathy; Hemolysis; Nitric oxide; Priapism; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIANDROGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICALUTAMIDE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRINE; ETILEFRINE; FINASTERIDE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUPRORELIN; METARAMINOL; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TERBUTALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ASPIRATION; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNING SENSATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INSTILLATION; DYSPEPSIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOMASTIA; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIA; LAVAGE; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS BURNING; PENIS DISEASE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; STUTTERING PRIAPISM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRIAPISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874743653     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12199     Document Type: Review

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