Electrocavernosogram in erectile dysfunction: A diagnostic tool

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 317-325

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, A A ^a   El Sibai, O ^b   Ahmed, I ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Corpus cavernosum; Neurogenic; Psychogenic erectile dysfunction; Slow waves; Vasculogenic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROCAVERNOSOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE ELECTRODE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79961196722     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490474922     Document Type: Article

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