Electromyographic changes of corpus cavernosum due to papaverine and nitroprusside in veno-occlusive dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1316-1319

  Kayigil, Önder ^a   Atahan, Özcan ^a   Metin, Ahmet ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

electromyography; impotence; nitroprusside; papaverine; penis

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0029819168     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65577-0     Document Type: Article

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