Vascular endothelial growth factor restores corporeal smooth muscle function in vitro

Journal of Urology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1310-1315

  Byrne, Robert R ^b   Henry, Gerard D ^b   Rao, Dinesh S ^b   Huynh, T T T ^a,b   Pippen, Anne M ^b   Annex, Brian H ^b   Hagen, Per Otto ^b   Donatucci, Craig F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endothelial growth factors; Hypercholesterolemia; Penile erection; Penis; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; F ACTIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0035092721     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)69890-2     Document Type: Article

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