The impact of chronic renal failure on nitric synthase isoforms gene expression in the penis and pelvic ganglia of rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1473-1479

  Abdel Gawad, M ^a   Huynh, Hung ^a   Brock, Gerald B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032819576     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68343-7     Document Type: Article

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