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Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia (Archives of Italian Urologyand Andrology) publishes papers dealing with the urological, nephrologicaland andrological sciences.

Original articles on both clinical and research fields, Reviews, Editorials, Case reports, Abstracts from papers published elsewhere, Book reviews, Congress proceedings can be published.

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Language of publication:English

CiteScore 2015:0.54

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Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2015:0.323

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Archivio Italiano di Urologiae AndrologiaLucia ZoppiManaging Editorlucia.zoppi@pagepress.org

Vol. 87; n. 3, September 2015

185 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia – An economic assessment of fixed combination therapy based on a literature reviewRoberto Messina, Vincenzo Mirone

ANDROLOGICAL SCIENCES190 Improvement of seminal quality and sexual function of men with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia syndrome

following supplementation with L-arginine and Pycnogenol®Yoshitomo Kobori, Keisuke Suzuki, Toshiyuki Iwahata, Takeshi Shin, Yuko Sadaoka, Ryo Sato, Kojiro Nishio, Hiroshi Yagi, Gaku Arai, Shigehiro Soh, Hiroshi Okada, Jeffry Michael Strong, Peter Rohdewald

194 The relationship between serum hormone levels (follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, total testosterone)and semen parametersMehmet Zeynel Keskin, Salih Budak, Tugba Zeyrek, Orçun Çelik, Oguz Mertoglu, Mehmet Yoldas, Yusuf Özlem �lbey

198 The histology and the proapoptotic control in the ipsilateral and the contralateral testes following unilateral vasectomyAydin Ismet Hazar, Basri Cakiroglu, Ertan Sakalli, Mustafa Bahadir Can Balci, Erkan Eyyupoglu, Tuncay Tas, Orhun Sinanoglu, Pinar Tuzlali, Nusret Can Cilesiz

204 PDE-5 inhibitors in monotherapy versus combination therapy in a sample of 1200 patients with erectile dysfunctionLuis Labairu-Huerta, Bárbara Padilla-Fernández, José Luis Arrondo-Arrondo, Lauro Sebastián Valverde-Martínez, Agustín Martín-Rodríguez, Juan Miguel Silva-Abuín, María Begoña García-Cenador, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo, María Fernanda Lorenzo-Gómez

210 Once-a-day Tadalafil administration improves the spermogram parameters in fertile patientsAntonio Corvasce, Giuseppe Albino, Teresa Leonetti, Agnese Filomena Buonomo, Ettore Cirillo Marucco

214 Sexual activity and the risk of prostate cancer: Review articleAhmed Fouad Kotb, Ahmad Beltagy, Asmaa Mohamed Ismail, Mohamed Mohie Hashad

216 500 penile prostheses implanted by a surgeon in Italy in the last 30 yearsDiego Pozza, Mariangela Pozza, Marco Musy, Carlotta Pozza

222 Androgen deprivation therapy (castration therapy) and pedophilia: What’s newMauro Silvani, Nicola Mondaini, Alessandro Zucchi

ORIGINAL PAPERS

227 Stone size and quality of life: A critical evaluation after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsyCahit Sahin, A. Cihangir Cetinel, Bilal Eryildirim, Murat Tuncer, Gokhan Faydaci, Kemal Sarica

233 A two staged treatment procedure for the difficult to treat bladder neck contractures with concomitant incontinence.In the search of a solution to a complex problemIoannis Adamakis, Evangelos Fragkiadis, Ioannis Katafigiotis, Giorgos Kousournas, Konstantinos Stravodimos, Constantinos A. Constantinides

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