Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia (Dec 2020)

Erectile disfunction medical treatment with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa and side effects

  • Andrea Cocci,
  • Andrea Romano,
  • Girolamo Morelli,
  • Davide Frediani,
  • Andrea Sodi,
  • Giorgio Ivan Russo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2020.4.326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 92, no. 4

Abstract

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Retinitis pigmentosa represents a heterogeneous group of degenerative hereditary pathologies of the retinal photoceptors, some forms mainly affect the cones and others the rods. The prevalence of the disease is of 1 case per 3000-5000 inhabitants, in 80-90% of cases these are forms with prevalent involvement of the rods (RCD) and in 10-20% of cases of forms with prevalent involvement of the cones (CRD) [...].

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