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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Hormones, Age, and Erectile Dysfunction: Should Routine Testing Be Part of the Initial Evaluation?

Daniel Porav-Hodade, Raul Dumitru Gherasim, Irina Bianca Kosovski, Toader Septimiu Voidazan, Nicolae Crisan, Petrut Bogdan, Radu Galis, Bogdan Ovidiu Feciche, Mártha Orsolya Katalin Ilona, Ciprian Todea-Moga

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Daniel Porav-HodadeDepartment of Urology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0009-0003-4279-673X
Raul Dumitru GherasimDepartment of Urology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Irina Bianca KosovskiDepartment of Pathophysiology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1172-8262
Toader Septimiu VoidazanDepartment of Epidemiology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Nicolae CrisanDepartment of Urology, Iului Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Petrut BogdanDepartment of Urology, Iului Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8608-4334
Radu GalisDepartment of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7539-4874
Bogdan Ovidiu FecicheDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Mártha Orsolya Katalin IlonaDepartment of Urology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Ciprian Todea-MogaDepartment of Urology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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ageerectile dysfunctionestradiolfree testosteroneFSHLHprolactinSHBGtotal testosterone

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PMID39941224
PMCPMC11816566

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