Comparative study between audiovisual sexual stimulation test and nocturnal penile tumescence test using RigiScan Plus in the evaluation of erectile dysfunction

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-224

  Mizuno, Ichiro ^a   Fuse, Hideki ^a   Fujiuchi, Yasuyoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Osamu ^a   Akashi, Takuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Audiovisual sexual stimulation test; Differential diagnosis; Erectile dysfunction; Etiology; Nocturnal penile erection; Nocturnal penile tumescence test; Psychogenic versus organic erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL SEXUAL STIMULATION TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMPOTENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1842829946     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077119     Document Type: Article

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