Arterial erectile dysfunction: Reliability of penile doppler evaluation integrated with serum concentrations of late endothelial progenitor cells and endothelial microparticles

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-419

  La Vignera, Sandro ^a   Vicari, Enzo ^a   Condorelli, Rosita A ^a   Di Pino, Luigi ^a   Calogero, Aldo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic marker; Endothelial apoptosis; Endothelial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; CD45 ANTIGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOCORTIN 5; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LATE ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PENILE DOPPLER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; STEM CELL;

AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELLS; TRIGLYCERIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84862518678     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014712     Document Type: Article

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