Comparison of the International Index of Erectile Function erectile domain scores and nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity measurements: Does one predict the other?

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Yang, Claire C ^a   Porter, Michael P ^a   Penson, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Impotence; International Index of Erectile function; Nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity; RigiScan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745096611     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06246.x     Document Type: Article

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