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Sexuality and Disability

, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp 53–79 | Cite as

Pharmacology of erection: Agents which initiate and terminate erection

  • Karl-Erik Andersson
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impotence pharmacology penile erection priapism 
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  1. 1.Department of Clinical PharmacologyUniversity Hospital of LundLundSweden

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