TY - JOUR
T1 - Nocturnal penile tumescence in the evaluation of erectile disorders
T2 - A critical review
AU - Schiavi, Raul C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research conducted on the NPT method in the Human Sexuality Program, lkpartrnent of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine has been carried out with the support of the following grants from the Public Health Service: MH 27513, AM 20845 and AG 06895. Raul C. Schiavi, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai School of Mcdicine, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 9A, New York, NY 10029.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - This article provides a critical review of the extensive literature on the nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) method for the differential diagnosis of erectile disorders. It discusses the validity of the method and several theoretical and practical issues of importance for the adequate interpretation of results. NPT data have been considered primarily as providing a diagnostic tool for potency problems. NPT studies may contribute, in addition, significant information on central neurobio-logical processes that mediate male sexual function.
AB - This article provides a critical review of the extensive literature on the nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) method for the differential diagnosis of erectile disorders. It discusses the validity of the method and several theoretical and practical issues of importance for the adequate interpretation of results. NPT data have been considered primarily as providing a diagnostic tool for potency problems. NPT studies may contribute, in addition, significant information on central neurobio-logical processes that mediate male sexual function.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0023693968
U2 - 10.1080/00926238808403909
DO - 10.1080/00926238808403909
M3 - Review article
C2 - 3060620
AN - SCOPUS:0023693968
SN - 0092-623X
VL - 14
SP - 83
EP - 97
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
IS - 2
ER -