Risk factors for erectile dysfunction in healthy Japanese men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-573

  Imai, Atsushi ^a   Yamamoto, Hayato ^a   Hatakeyama, Shingo ^a   Iwabuchi, Ikuya ^a   Yoneyama, Takahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Koie, Takuya ^a   Kamimura, Noritaka ^a   Danjyo, Kazuma ^a   Ohyama, Chikara ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; lower urinary tract symptoms; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS ERECTION; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77954400625     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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