Forskolin: A promising new adjunct to intracavernous pharmacotherapy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1789-1794

  Cahn, David ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a   Valcic, Mira ^a   Christ, George J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclic AMP; forskolin; impotence

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0029967490     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66199-8     Document Type: Article

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