Effect of Periodontitis on Erectile Function and Its Possible Mechanism

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2598-2605

  Zuo, Zili ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a   Jiang, Rui ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Liu, Junxiang ^a   Yang, Haifan ^a   Cheng, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ENOS; Erectile Dysfunction; Periodontitis; Rat

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 80052474970     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02361.x     Document Type: Article

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