Plasma transforming growth factor-β1 levels in patients with erectile dysfunction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Ryu, Ji Kan ^a   Song, Sun U ^a   Choi, Hyung Ki ^b   Seong, Do Hwan ^a   Yoon, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Seong Jin ^c   Suh, Jun Kyu ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Erectile dysfunction; Fibrosis; Transforming gowth factor

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LIPID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENILE FIBROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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