A reproducibility study of corpus cavernosum electromyography in young healthy volunteers under controlled conditions

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-190

  Jiang, Xiaogang ^a   Holsheimer, Jan ^b   Wagner, Gorm ^c   Mulders, Peter ^a   Wijkstra, Hessel ^d   Meuleman, Eric ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Testing; Male Erectile Disorder; Neurophysiological Studies of Sexual Function

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33845767439     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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