Hope springs eternal: Cavernosal nerve regeneration

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Syme, David B Y ^a   Corcoran, Niall M ^b   Bouchier Hayes, David M ^b   Costello, Anthony J ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cavernosal nerves; Erectile dysfunction; Erection; Nerve regeneration; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYTOSKELETON; DEVICE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; IMPOTENCE; INNERVATION; MALE; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644811785     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.05767.x     Document Type: Review

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