Qualitative study of sexual functioning in couples with erectile dysfunction prospective evaluation of the thermography diagnostic system

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 698-705

  Ng, Wan Kee ^a   Ng, Yin Kwee ^a   Tan, Yung Khan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Erectile dysfunction; Impotence; Thermography

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THERMOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SULFONES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77649245174     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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