Cavernous and systemic testosterone levels in different phases of human penile erection

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-129

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034096284     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00551-3     Document Type: Article

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