Risk of erectile dysfunction in transfusion-naive thalassemia men: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study.

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Published in Medicine (Baltimore) on April 01, 2015

Authors

Yu-Guang Chen1, Te-Yu Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, Ming-Shen Dai, Ching-Liang Ho, Chia-Hung Kao

Author Affiliations

1: From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology (Y-GC, M-SD, C-LH); Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei (T-YL); Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital (C-LL); College of Medicine (C-LL); Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine (C-HK); Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (C-HK).

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