Urology
Volume 68, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 6-16 , September 2006

Research instruments for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with erectile dysfunction

  • Raymond C. Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
    • Raymond C. Rosen is a paid consultant to, and study investigator funded by, Pfizer Inc.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raymond C. Rosen, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Sexual and Marital Health, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Old Chemistry Building, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635.
    • ,
  • Stanley E. Althof

      Affiliations

    • Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
    • Stanley E. Althof and François Giuliano are paid consultants to, meeting participants and lecturers for, and study investigators partially funded by, Pfizer Inc.
    • ,
  • François Giuliano

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital de Bicêtre, Cedex, France.
    • Stanley E. Althof and François Giuliano are paid consultants to, meeting participants and lecturers for, and study investigators partially funded by, Pfizer Inc.

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PII: S0090-4295(06)00769-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.05.046

Urology
Volume 68, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages 6-16 , September 2006

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