Case report: Avoidance of palpable corporal fibrosis due to priapism with upregulators of nitric oxide

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Rajfer, Jacob ^a   Gore, John L ^a   Kaufman, Jeffrey ^a   Gonzalez Cadavid, Nestor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Oral vasoactive agents; Priapism

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SILDENAFIL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; PENILE FIBROSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHUNTING; TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENIS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PRIAPISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645743465     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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