Estrogen and phytoestrogen predispose to erectile dysfunction: Do ER-α and ER-β in the cavernosum play a role?

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 382-386

  Srilatha, B ^a   Adaikan, P G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1242296372     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.08.042     Document Type: Article

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