Possible role of human growth hormone in penile erection

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2138-2142

  Becker, Armin J ^a   Ückert, Stefan ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Truss, Michael C ^a   Machtens, Stefan ^a   Scheller, Friedemann ^a   Knapp, Wolfram H ^a   Hartmann, Uwe ^a   Jonas, Udo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Penile erection; Penis; Somatropin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TISSUE LEVEL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033757638     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66985-6     Document Type: Article

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