Vasculogenic impotence as a symptom in late-onset Buerger's disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 469-472

  Yavas, Ulas Savas ^a   Calisir, Cuneyt ^a   Kaya, Tamer ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler; Impotence; Thromboangiitis obliterans; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BUERGER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34848884270     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20356     Document Type: Article

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