Interstitial cells of Cajal in erectile dysfunction

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, I ^a   Shafik, A A ^a   El Sibai, O ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corpora cavernosa; Neurogenic; Psychogenic impotence; Slow waves; Smooth muscle cells; Vasculogenic

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STELLATE CELL; COILED BODY; IMPOTENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; COILED BODIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; REFERENCE VALUES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33746875625     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500431110     Document Type: Article

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