Changes in the penile arteries of the rat after fractionated irradiation of the prostate: A pilot study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1908-1913

  van der Wielen, Gerard J ^a   Vermeij, Marcel ^a   de Jong, Bas W D ^a   Schuit, Maarten ^a   Marijnissen, Johannes ^a   Kok, Dik J ^a   van Weerden, Wytske M ^a   Incrocci, Luca ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal experimental study; Erectile dysfunction; Fractionated irradiation; Penile arteries; Prostate cancer; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEGACOLON; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE ATROPHY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE EDEMA; PROSTATE FIBROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ANIMAL; ARTERY; FIBROSIS; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 67649876454     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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