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Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2008) 5, 60-61
doi:10.1038/ncpuro1014  
Received 27 September 2007 | Accepted 20 November 2007 | Published online: 18 December 2007

Gene therapy for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

Arnold Melman* and Marc Feder

Correspondence *Department of Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA

Email
 amelman@aecom.yu.edu

Although oral phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors have substantially improved the treatment of erectile dysfunction, unmet needs among men with erectile dysfunction still exist. This article considers the possibility of gene therapy for these patients, and discusses results from early clinical studies of gene therapy for erectile dysfunction.

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