Spontaneous recovery of cavernous nerve crush injury

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 560-565

  Kim, Hyo Jong ^a   Kim, Ha Young ^a   Kim, Sung Young ^a   Lee, Seong Ho ^a   Lee, Won Ki ^a   Yang, Dae Yul ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Hedgehog proteins; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE CRUSH INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

EID: 80052045454     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2011.52.8.560     Document Type: Article

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