Electrical activity of corpus cavernosum in vasculogenic and non- vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 549-554

  Atahan, Özcan ^a,b   Kayigil, Önder ^a   Metin, Ahmet ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Turan Güneş Bulvari 4 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Electromyography; Hypercholesterolaemia; Impotence; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PAPAVERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMPOTENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031450021     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599709030661     Document Type: Article

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