Effects of Smoking on Plasma Testosterone Level and Erectile Function in Rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 472-481

  Park, Min Gu ^a   Ko, Ki Won ^b   Oh, Mi Mi ^b   Bae, Jae Hyun ^b,c   Kim, Je Jong ^b,c   Moon, Du Geon ^b,c  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic cigarette smoking and risk of erectile dysfunction; Erection; Rat; Smoking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAVERNOSAL NERVE STIMULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84856541745     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02555.x     Document Type: Article

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