Neurogenic erectile dysfunction: The course of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase-positive nerve fibers on the surface of the prostate

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-151

  Zvara, Peter ^a   Spiess, Philippe E ^a   Merlin, Scott L ^a   Bégin, Louis R ^a   Brock, Gerald B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030069098     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80404-X     Document Type: Article

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