Effect of aldosterone on isolated human penile corpus cavernosum tissue

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-503

  Muguruma, Hiroshi ^a   Kawanishi, Yasuo ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Kagawa, Jun Ichiro ^a   Tanimoto, Syuuji ^a   Yamanaka, Masahito ^a   Kojima, Keiji ^a   Anzai, Hideaki ^a   Numata, Akira ^a   Kishimoto, Tomoteru ^b   Kanayama, Hiro Omi ^b  

^a TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Human penile corpus cavernous tissue; Human penile erection; Isometric tension study

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENILE BIOPSY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHENTOLAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 47749145424     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07536.x     Document Type: Article

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