Color Doppler appearance of penile cavernosal-spongiosal communications in patients with normal and impaired erection

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2287-2293

  Bertolotto, Michele ^a,c   Neumaier, Carlo Emanuele ^b   Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Quaia, Emilio ^a   Savoca, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Penis hemodynamics; Penis impotence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIASTOLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; URETHRA; WAVEFORM; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PENIS; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036729684     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1347-9     Document Type: Article

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