Structural analysis of the corpora cavernosa in patients with ischaemic priapism

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 838-841

  Costa, Waldemar S ^a   Felix, Bruno ^a   Cavalcanti, Andre G ^a   Medeiros Jr, Jorge ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Extracellular matrix; Penis; Priapism; Smooth muscle; Stereology quantification

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELASTIC FIBER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC PRIAPISM; MALE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; PRIAPISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649246555     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08871.x     Document Type: Article

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