Assessment of erectile dysfunction in diabetic patients

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Hamdan, Farqad B ^b   Al Matubsi, Hisham Y ^a  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Erectile dysfunction; Hormones; Neuropathy; Neurophysiological tests; Oxidative stress; Valsalva ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FOLLITROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DORSAL ROOT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849114563     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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