Diagnostic Tests for Male Erectile Dysfunction Revisited

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2375-2381

  Meuleman, Eric J H ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^b   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Sadovsky, Richard ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Erectile Dysfunction; Sexual Medicine; Specialized Tests

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 77955148107     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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