Shockwave treatment of erectile dysfunction

Therapeutic Advances in Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-99

  Gruenwald, Ilan ^a   Appel, Boaz ^a   Kitrey, Noam D ^a   Vardi, Yoram ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; male impotence; shockwaves; therapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TENDINITIS;

EID: 84876403042     PISSN: 17562872     EISSN: 17562880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756287212470696     Document Type: Review

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