Normal hemodynamic parameters do not always predict the presence of a rigid erection: A quantitative assessment of functional erectile impairment

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Hatzichristou, D G ^a,b   Hatzimouratidis, K ^a   Tzortzis, V ^a   Apostolidis, A ^a   Bekos, A ^a   Ioannidis, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Hemodynamics; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTRACAVERNOSAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENILE GEOMETRY; PENIS ERECTION; PHARMACOCAVERNOSOMETRY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0038577124     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900953     Document Type: Article

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