Traditional Medicine, Corpus Cavernosum and Hydrogen Sulphide

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 631-632

  Valle, Guido ^a   Carmignani, Marco ^b   Stanislao, Mario ^a   Michelini, Serena ^c   Volpe, Anna Rita ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; QUERCETIN; ZAPRINAST;

CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LETTER; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79551468771     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01992.x     Document Type: Letter

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