The penis in diabetes: Structural analysis of connective tissue and smooth muscle alterations in a rabbit model

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Abidu Figueiredo, Marcelo ^a   Ribeiro, Ilma C ^a   Chagas, Mauricio A ^a   Cardoso, Luiz E M ^a   Costa, Waldemar S ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

diabetes; erectile dysfunction; histology; penis; rabbit; stereology

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLUCOSE;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTIC FIBER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELASTIC TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE DISEASES; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RABBITS;

EID: 79960606959     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09944.x     Document Type: Article

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