Histological alterations in cavernous tissue after radical prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1673-1676

  Iacono, Fabrizio ^b   Giannella, Renato ^b   Somma, Pasquale ^a   Manno, Giuseppe ^b   Fusco, Ferdinando ^b   Mirone, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Impotence; Penile erection; Penis; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEVICE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PENILE BIOPSY; PENILE FIBROSIS; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 17144364721     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000154356.76027.4f     Document Type: Article

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