Prospective analysis of 16S rDNA as a highly sensitive marker for bacterial presence in Peyronie's disease plaques

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2053-2056

  Hauck, Ekkehard W ^a   Domann, Eugen ^a   Hauptmann, Arne ^a   Weidner, Wolfgang ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a   Hossain, Hamid M ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Biological markers; Gene expression; Penile induration; Penis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DNA SEQUENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

EID: 0141919704     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000080297.86237.ee     Document Type: Article

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