Significance of the nitric oxide cascade in erectile function

Drugs of Today

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Burnett, Arthur ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034075791     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2000.36.2-3.568789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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