Impact o. The association between elevated oestradiol and low testosterone levels on erectile dysfunction severity

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-496

  El Sakka, Ahmed I ^a,b  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction (ED); hypogonadism; oestradiol; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; HYPOGONADISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84880092736     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.20     Document Type: Article

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