Opportunities and challenges in oral therapy

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages S59-S61

  Rajfer, J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Erectile physiology; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS;

EID: 0033772591     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900579     Document Type: Article

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