The role of Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of vasculogenic impotence

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Marchiori, Debora ^a,c   Aloisi, Daniele ^b   Bertaccini, Alessandro ^a,c   Ferri, Claudio ^a,c   Martorana, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Vascular Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Impotence

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79951609380     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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