Epidemiologic Profile of Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Latin American Landscape

201923 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Javier Merayo‐Chalico · Mexican Social Security Institute

Ana Barrera‐Vargas · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

S Morales-Padilla · Hospital Universitario Dr José Eleuterio Gonzalez

Roberto Reyna-de la Garza · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

R Vázquez-Rodríguez · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Jonathan Campos-Guzmán · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Abstract

Regardless of comorbidities, treatment (excluding steroids), and type of disease activity, patients with SLE have a high prevalence of ED, especially considering that most patients are young. Recent corticosteroid use and persistent lymphopenia, which could be related to endothelial dysfunction, are risk factors for this complication in men with SLE.

Topics & Keywords

Urticaria and Related Conditions Sexual function and dysfunction studies Hormonal and reproductive studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Rheumatology

Volume 46, Issue 4, pp. 397-404

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.180292

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