Veno-occlusive dysfunction: A cavernosal smooth muscle pathology?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Ralph, David J ^a   Pryor, John P ^b  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0029968431     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199603000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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