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International Society for Sexual Medicine's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation

  1. Stanley E. Althof PhD1,*,
  2. Carmita H.N. Abdo MD, PhD2,
  3. John Dean MD3,
  4. Geoff Hackett MD4,
  5. Marita McCabe PhD5,
  6. Chris G. McMahon MD6,
  7. Raymond C. Rosen PhD7,
  8. Richard Sadovsky MD8,
  9. Marcel Waldinger MD, PhD9,
  10. Edgardo Becher MD10,
  11. Gregory A. Broderick MD11,
  12. Jacques Buvat MD12,
  13. Irwin Goldstein MD13,
  14. Amr I. El-Meliegy MD14,
  15. Francois Giuliano MD, PhD15,
  16. Wayne J.G. Hellstrom MD16,
  17. Luca Incrocci MD, PhD17,
  18. Emmanuele A. Jannini MD18,
  19. Kwangsung Park MD, PhD19,
  20. Sharon Parish MD20,
  21. Hartmut Porst MD21,
  22. David Rowland PhD22,
  23. Robert Segraves MD, PhD23,
  24. Ira Sharlip MD24,
  25. Chiara Simonelli PhD25,
  26. Hui Meng Tan MD26

Article first published online: 2 SEP 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01975.x

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The Journal of Sexual Medicine

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volume 7, Issue 9, pages 2947–2969, September 2010

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Althof, S. E., Abdo, C. H.N., Dean, J., Hackett, G., McCabe, M., McMahon, C. G., Rosen, R. C., Sadovsky, R., Waldinger, M., Becher, E., Broderick, G. A., Buvat, J., Goldstein, I., El-Meliegy, A. I., Giuliano, F., Hellstrom, W. J.G., Incrocci, L., Jannini, E. A., Park, K., Parish, S., Porst, H., Rowland, D., Segraves, R., Sharlip, I., Simonelli, C. and Tan, H. M. (2010), International Society for Sexual Medicine's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7: 2947–2969. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01975.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

  2. 2

    Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  3. 3

    St. Peter's Sexual Medicine, The London Clinic, London, UK

  4. 4

    Holly Cottage, Lichfield Staffs, UK

  5. 5

    School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic., Australia

  6. 6

    Australian Center for Sexual Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  7. 7

    New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA, USA

  8. 8

    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

  9. 9

    Department of Psychiatry and Neurosexology, HagaHospital Leyenburg, The Hague, The Netherlands

  10. 10

    Division of Urology, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín,” University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  11. 11

    Mayo Clinic—Department of Urology, Jacksonville, FL, USA

  12. 12

    CETPARP, Lille, France

  13. 13

    Alvarado Hospital, Sexual Medicine and University of California at San Diego—Department of Surgery, San Diego, CA, USA

  14. 14

    Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Andrology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  15. 15

    Raymond Poincaré Hospital—Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Garches, France

  16. 16

    Department of Urology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

  17. 17

    Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  18. 18

    Course of Endocrinology and Medical Sexology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

  19. 19

    Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

  20. 20

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

  21. 21

    Private Urological Practice, Hamburg, Germany

  22. 22

    Graduate School, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA

  23. 23

    Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

  24. 24

    Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

  25. 25

    Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy

  26. 26

    Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

*Stanley E. Althof, PhD, Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida, 1515 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 540, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, USA; E-mail: stanley.althof@case.edu

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