"Estudo comparativo da função erétil em pacientes portadores da forma digestiva da Doença de Chagas" / Study comparative of the erectile function in patient bearers in the digestive way of the Chagas disease

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

RESUMO

The objective of this study was to correlate the alterations caused by the Chagas disease in the autonomous nervous system and the possibility of these alterations they provoke erectile dysfunction. Sixty men - between 40 and 70 years-old - were selected for the stydy: 30 men with the digestive form of the Chagas disease and 30 of them had negative serologic findings for T. Cruzi. It was used the questionnaire of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and the punctuation algorithm for interpretation of the questionnaire. The results this study they proved that the Chagas disease didn t affect the patients erectile function, that there is not significant difference if the lesion is of esophagus or esophagus and colon and Chagas disease should not be considered a risk factor for the erectile dysfunction

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doença de chagas/etiologia megacólon/fisiopatologia chagas disease/etiology questionários interpretação estatística de dados impotence/physiopathology homens questionnaires acalásia esofágica/fisiopatologia megacolon/physiopathology estudo comparativo data interpretation statistical comparative study impotência/ fisiopatologia men esophageal achalasia/physiopathology

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