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Erectile Dysfunction
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We read the article by Saigal et al1 with interest. The authors found a difference in the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in Hispanic men compared with whites and in the elderly population. We believe that the methods used by the authors may overestimate the prevalence of ED. Erectile dysfunction was assumed to be present if answers to the question "How would you describe your ability to get and keep an erection adequate for satisfactory intercourse?" were "sometimes able" and "never able."1(p208)
A retrospective analysis of 70 patients referred by their primary physicians to a sexual function clinic for ED was carried out at our hospital. Erectile dysfunction was defined as the inability to achieve and maintain an erection satisfactory for intercourse. Although most of the subjects had a referral criteria satisfying the definition of ED, on detailed questioning, the proportion of the subjects had other psychosomatic reasons, for example, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Nainal S. Shah, MRCP;
Nelson Lo, FRCP
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Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(2):207-212.
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