Gene therapy: Future strategies and therapies

Drugs of Today

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Christ, George J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 0034019710     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2000.36.2-3.568791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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