Premature ejaculation: clinical subgroups and etiology.
Forty-six patients suffering from premature ejaculation (PE) were subdivided into primary premature ejaculators (PPE)--those who suffered from PE since the beginning of their sexual lives--and secondary premature ejaculators (SPE)--those who suffered from PE after years of normal sexual functioning. It is postulated that these two groups can be clinically differentiated by: bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) latency time; sequential natural history of PPE vs. nonsequential development of SPE; and nondemonstrable organic illness vs. demonstrable organic cause in the great majority of SPE. This classification appears to be helpful in formulating appropriate treatment plans.
Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology