Neurological testing in erectile dysfunction

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-350

  Diemont, Willem L ^a   Meuleman, Eric J H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFLEX;

EID: 0030815237     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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