Cavernosometry: Is it a dinosaur?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-764

  Vardi, Yoram ^a   Glina, Sidney ^b   Mulhall, John P ^c   Menchini, Fillipo ^d   Munarriz, Ricardo ^e  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Instituto H Ellis   (Brazil)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernosography; Cavernosometry; Erectile Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CAVERNOSOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC INFUSION CAVERNOSOMETRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 41549127609     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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