Could standardized cavernosometry be helpful in therapeutic management of veno-occlusive dysfunction?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-154

  Sasso, F ^a   Gulino, G ^a   Basar, M ^a   Alcini, A ^a   Alcini, E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Impotence; Penis; Prostaglandins E; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0029655333     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)66579-0     Document Type: Article

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