The correlation between the new RigiScan Plus software and the final diagnosis in the evaluation of erectile dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1947-1950

  Benet, Alexandru E ^a   Rehman, Jamil ^a   Holcomb, Richard G ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Henry and Lucy Moses Hospital Div   (United States)

Author keywords

impotence; penile erection; penis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

EID: 0029913533     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65401-6     Document Type: Article

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