Penile change following radical prostatectomy: Size, smooth muscle atrophy, and curve

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 492-499

  McCullough, Andrew ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SILDENAFIL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENILE BIOPSY; PENILE FIBROSIS; PENIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE INDURATION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57749093953     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-008-0084-2     Document Type: Review

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