The Natural History of Peyronie's Disease: An Ultrasonography-Based Study

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 644-651

  Bekos, Athanasios ^a   Arvaniti, Mary ^b   Hatzimouratidis, Konstantinos ^a   Moysidis, Kyriakos ^a   Tzortzis, Vasilios ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b General Hospital George Gennimatas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Natural history; Penile induration; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACAVERNOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENILE FIBROSIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENILE INDURATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38749151346     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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