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. 1983 Mar 15;128(6):653–663.

Erectile impotence: a clinical challenge

JB Ralph McKendry, W Edgar Collins, Marvin Silverman, L Edward Krul, John P Collins, Alan H Irvine
PMCID: PMC1875209  PMID: 6337695

Abstract

The wide range of factors that may contribute to impotence is reviewed in an attempt to establish a systematized approach for assessing etiologic factors. The effects on potency of ageing, general fitness, weight, debilitating disease, use of therapeutic and other drugsincluding alcohol and neurogenic, vasculogenic, endocrine/metabolic, urogenital and psychogenic factors are considered and discussed. The review also affords a rationale for the methodology employed.

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