Assessment of the relationship between coronary artery ectasia and erectile function score

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-133

  Akcay, A B ^a   Inci, M ^a   Bilen, P ^a   Acele, A ^b   Sen, N ^a   Yalcin, F ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adana Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

coronary artery ectasia; endothelial dysfunction; erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959242535     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2011.10     Document Type: Article

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