Use and abuse of rigiscan in the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1820-1829

  Jannini, Emmanuele A ^a   Granata, Antonio M ^b   Hatzimouratidis, Konstantinos ^c   Goldstein, Irwin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Erectile dysfunction; NPT; Rigiscan; Sleep erection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PENILE AXIAL RIGIDITY; PENILE RADIAL RIGIDITY; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP ERECTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; PENILE ERECTION;

EID: 67649881369     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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