Metabolic syndrome and erectile dysfunction: The ultrasound evaluation of cavernosal atherosclerosis

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1875-1877

  Schipilliti, Mirko ^a   Caretta, Nicola ^a   Palego, Pierfrancesco ^a   Selice, Riccardo ^a   Ferlin, Alberto ^a   Foresta, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856021091     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0070     Document Type: Article

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