A prospective evaluation of efficacy and compliance with a multistep treatment approach for erectile dysfunction in patients after non-nerve sparing radical prostatectomy.

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Published in BJU Int on February 01, 2005

Authors

Paolo Gontero1, Francesco Fontana, Andrea Zitella, Francesco Montorsi, Bruno Frea

Author Affiliations

1: Clinica Urologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy. gontero@med.unipmn.it

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