title: [Epidemiology and treatment of long-term male impotence].
abstract: Male impotence has assumed increasing clinical importance and the perfection of diagnostic and therapeutic methods has opened new horizons for medical treatment. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the epidemiology of this disorder with the relative diagnostic and therapeutic correlations. The authors report a series of 161 patients who were treated for one year at most with prostaglandin E1 (Alprostadil alpha-cyclodextrin).
authors.affiliation: Centro Sammarinese di Andrologia, Repubblica di San Marino.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andriani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cosentina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018783:Impotence, Vasculogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil