Cavernous artery intima-media thickness: A new parameter in the diagnosis of vascular erectile dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1117-1126

  Caretta, Nicola ^a   Palego, Pierfrancesco ^a   Schipilliti, Mirko ^a   Ferlin, Alberto ^a   Di Mambro, Antonella ^a   Foresta, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous artery; Erectile dysfunction; Intima media thickness; Penile color doppler Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 63849086196     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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