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Erectile dysfunction in stroke patients: a multifactorial problem with important psychosocial consequences

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, “Red Cross” Hospital, 24, Papagou street, 14122, Athens, Greece

    Kosmas I. Paraskevas, Nikolaos Bessias, Polyvios Pavlidis, Dimitrios Maras, Theofanis T. Papas, Christos D. Gekas & Vassilios Andrikopoulos

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Paraskevas, K.I., Bessias, N., Pavlidis, P. et al. Erectile dysfunction in stroke patients: a multifactorial problem with important psychosocial consequences. Int Urol Nephrol 40, 1113–1114 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-008-9425-9

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