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Original Article

Injection therapy for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: a comparison between alprostadil and a combination of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and phentolamine mesilate

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Pages 2577-2583 | Accepted 14 Aug 2007, Published online: 14 Sep 2007

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