Radiation-induced erectile dysfunction using prostate-confined modern radiotherapy in a rat model

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2215-2226

  Kimura, Masaki ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Rabbani, Zahid ^a   Satoh, Takefumi ^b   Baba, Shiro ^b   Yin, Fang fang ^a   Polascik, Thomas J ^a   Donatucci, Craig F ^a   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a   Koontz, Bridget F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; Intracavernous Pressure; Prostate Cancer; Radiation Therapy; Radiation Associated Corporal Veno Occlusive Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACAVERNOUS PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CONFINED MODERN RADIOTHERAPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79960848086     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02351.x     Document Type: Article

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