Correlation of ultrastructural alterations in cavernous tissue with the clinical diagnosis vasculogenic impotence

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-61

  Karadeniz, Tahir ^a   Topsakal, Medih ^a   Aydogmus, Ahmet ^a   Gülgün, Cenk ^b   Aytekin, Yener ^b   Basak, Dogan ^a  

^a OKMEYDANI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Electron microscopy; Impotence; Smooth muscle; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030054593     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282878     Document Type: Article

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