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Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation are the most frequently self-reported sexual concerns: profiles of

Stamatis Papaharitou1, Loukas Athanasiadis, Evangelia Nakopoulou

  • 1Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

European Urology
|January 3, 2006
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