Androgens and penile erection: A review

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-638

  Mills, Thomas M ^a   Reilly, Christopher M ^a   Lewis, Ronald W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRASTERONE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; CASTRATION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOG; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION;

EID: 0030444318     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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