Recording the corpus cavernosum electromyogram: Principles and problems

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2074-2079

  Scheepe, J R ^a   Junemann K P ^a   Buhrle C P ^a   Schmidt, P ^a   Wipfler, G ^a   Berle, B ^a   Alken, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

computer assisted; electromyography; impotence; penis; signal processing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ETHER; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; TANAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0029978803     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66112-3     Document Type: Article

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