A three-dimensional theoretical model of the relationship between cavernosal expandability and percent cavernosal smooth muscle

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 644-655

  Luo, Haibiao ^a   Goldstein, Irwin ^b   Udelson, Daniel ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b ALVARADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernosal expandability; Engineering analysis; Erectile dysfunction; Veno occlusive dysfunction; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 34249074091     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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