Ultrastructural changes of penile tunica albuginea in diabetic rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-368

  Lu, Ying Li ^a   Shen, Zhou Jun ^b   Wang, Hua ^b   Chen, Shan Wen ^b   Zhou, Xie Lai ^b   Chen, Zhao Dian ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Penis; Scanning electron microscopy; Tunica albuginea

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS DISEASE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THICKNESS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 10644232305     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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