A new clinical method for the assessment of penile endothelial function using the flow mediated dilation with plethysmography technique

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1268-1272

  Dayan, Lior ^a   Greunwald, Illan ^a   Vardi, Yoram ^a,b   Jacob, Giris ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Endothelium; Penis; Plethysmography; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15044347339     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000152290.71948.bf     Document Type: Article

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