Tribulus terrestris versus placebo in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: A prospective, randomized, double blind study;Tribulus terrestris versus placebo en el tratamiento de la disfunción eréctil: un estudio aleatorizado, prospectivo y doble ciego

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 244-248

  Santos, C A ^a   Reis, L O ^a,b   Destro Saade, R ^a   Luiza Reis, A ^a   Fregonesi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Tocoginecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Herbal medicine; Impotence; Libido; Placebo and Chinese medicine; Sexual dysfunction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIBULUS;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIBULUS;

EID: 84899914873     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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