Increased levels of osteocalcin-positive endothelial progenitor cells in patients affected by erectile dysfunction and cavernous atherosclerosis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 751-757

  Foresta, Carlo ^a   De Toni, Luca ^a   Biagioli, Andrea ^a   Ganz, Francesco ^a   Magagna, Sabina ^a   Caretta, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Endothelial function; Erectile disfunction; Osteocalcin; Vascular calcification, endothelial progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCALCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL STEM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 75649147843     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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