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The role of the sleep laboratory in the evaluation of male erectile dysfunction
1Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574.
Abstract:
Considerable advances have been made in the evaluation of male erectile dysfunction. The assessment of sleep-related nocturnal penile tumescence has emerged as one of the better established methods for the objective assessment of erectile capacity. This article summarizes information on the clinical use of the nocturnal penile tumescence test and discusses conceptual and methodological issues derived, in part, from our own research that are important for the valid interpretation of the test results in the diagnosis of erectile disorders.
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