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Letter to the Editor

Chronic graft versus host disease is associated with erectile dysfunction in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: a single-center experience

Angelo AndreiniDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Nicola ZampieriDepartment of Surgery, Pediatrics and Gynecology, Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Claudio CostantiniDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Giovanni MalerbaDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Biology and Genetics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Costanza BrunoDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Radiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Gianluca SalvagnoDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Giuseppe FranciaDepartment of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Michele GottardiHematology Unit, Ospedale Cà Foncello, Treviso, Italy;
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Michela RimondiniDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Isacco FerrariniDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Giuseppe LippiDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Achille AmbrosettiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Fabio BenedettiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy;
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Cristina TecchioDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 2719-2722 | Received 06 Oct 2017, Accepted 15 Feb 2018, Published online: 21 Mar 2018

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