Assessment of the autonomic nervous system is an appropriate biological marker for the well-being in erectile dysfunction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-650

  Dogru, Tolga ^a   Kocak, Orhan Murat ^a   Erberk Ozen, Nurper ^a   Basar, Murat ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Erectile dysfunction; Heart rate variability; Well being

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENIS ERECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WELLBEING;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 45749154869     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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