Calcification of the epididymis and the tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosa in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 752-756

  Guvel, Sezgin ^a   Pourbagher, Mir Ali ^a   Torun, Dilek ^a   Egilmez, Tulga ^a   Pourbagher, Aysin ^a   Ozkardes, Hakan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; End stage renal disease; Epididymis; Hemodialysis; Peyronie disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PENIS CALCIFICATION; PENIS DISEASE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; STONE FORMATION; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

EID: 4143067034     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02851.x     Document Type: Article

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