Is there any relation between serum levels of total testosterone and the severity of erectile dysfunction?

International Journal of Impotence Research - Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 167-171 - 2002
Ernani Luı́s Rhoden1, Cláudio Telöken1, Rafael Mafessoni1, C. Souto1
1Department of Urology, Andrology Division, Santa Casa Hospital and Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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