Penile electromyography and its smooth muscle content: Interpretation of 25 impotent patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 909-912

  Sattar, Ahmed A ^a   Merckx, Luc A ^a   Wespes, Eric ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

diagnosis; electromyography; impotence; muscle, smooth; penis

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030033783     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66343-2     Document Type: Article

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