Echo-doppler-flowmetric assessment of penile dorsal arteries and their role in the erectile mechanism

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-73

  Barra, Sabato ^a   Iacono, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Impotence; Penile erection; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO DOPPLER FLOWMETRIC ASSESSMENT; ERECTILE MECHANISM; PENILE DORSAL ARTERIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTRACAVERNOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPROSTADIL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RHEOLOGY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031194344     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)01084-4     Document Type: Article

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