Erection mechanism of the penis: A model based analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2711-2715

  Gillon, Gabriel ^a   Barnea, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Impotence; Models; Penis; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036893920     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64249-8     Document Type: Article

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