Baseline erectile function alters the cavernous nerve quantity and distribution around the prostate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2062-2067

  Hisasue, Shin Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Kohei ^a   Kobayashi, Ko ^b   Takeuchi, Motoi ^a   Kyoda, Youki ^a   Sato, Shiori ^a   Masumori, Naoya ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide synthase type I; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PENILE CIRCUMFERENCE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 77957855501     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.108     Document Type: Article

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