The methodology of corpus cavernosum electromyography revisited

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-376

  Jiang, X G ^a,b   Wijkstra, H ^c   Meuleman, E J H ^b   Wagner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CC EMG; Corpus cavernosum; Electromyography; Monopolar; Penis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC BONE; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS;

EID: 4043051479     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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