Erectile dysfunction as a predictor of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in elderly men with type 2 diabetes
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Carmine Gazzaruso, Adriana Coppola, Arturo Pujia, Colomba Falcone, Silvia Collaviti, Mariangela Fodaro, Pietro Gallotti, Sebastiano B Solerte, Andrea Giustina, Gabriele Pelissero, Livio Luzi, Tiziana Montalcini Internal medicine, diabetes, endocrine-metabolic diseases Unit and the Centre for Applied Clinical Research (Ce.R.C.A.) Clinical Institute “Beato Matteo”, Vigevano, Italy Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy Cardiology Unit, Clinical Institute “Città di Pavia”, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy IRCCS Policlinico San Donato and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy IRCCS Policlinico San Donato and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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