Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 1998-4
La sindrome da incompetenza cavernosa e l'ipogonadismo secondario dell'andromiosi: Condizioni correlate o concomitanza occasionale?: Venous leakage syndrome and “andromiosis” hypogonadism: Are they correlated or are they an occasional coincidence?
The study of available case histories enables us to formulate some interesting hypotheses on the relationship between andropause hypogonadism and cavernous incompetence erectile deficit. Such conditions may well be connected to a similar degenerative or aging process which, provided both conditions are present, may be responsible for the worsening of the erectile deficit. Correction of the hormone deficit does not produce any recovery of spontaneous erectile activity but it significantly improves response to standard treatment for impotence.
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