Injection of skeletal muscle-derived cells into the penis improves erectile function

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Kim, Y ^a,b   De Miguel, F ^a   Usiene, I ^a   Kwon, D ^a,c   Yoshimura, N ^a   Huard, J ^d   Chancellor, M B ^a  

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

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Muscle; Penis; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; IMPOTENCE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745686544     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901434     Document Type: Article

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