Relationship between sleep-related erections and testosterone levels in men

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 522-527

  Granata, Antonio R M ^a   Rochira, Vincenzo ^a   Lerchl, Alexander ^b   Marrama, Paolo ^a   Carani, Cesare ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Dipartimento Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Night erections; Penile rigidity; Penile tumescence; Testosterone range; Testosterone threshold

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030667961     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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