Hyperhomocysteinemia: a novel risk factor for erectile dysfunction

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1564-1568

  Demir, Tevfik ^a   Çomlekçi, Abdurrahman ^a   Demir, Omer ^a   Gülcü, Aytaç ^a   Çalýthkan, Sezer ^a   Argun, Leyla ^a   Seçil, Mustafa ^a   Yethil, Sena ^a   Esen, Adil ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37849185824     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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