Sildenafil citrate improves erectile function after castration in a rat model

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 656-661

  Mulhall, John P ^a   Verma, Nipun ^b   Deveci, Serkan ^b   Tal, Raanan ^a   Kobylarz, Keith ^b   Müller, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

castration; orchidectomy; phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor; rat; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOGONADISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

CASTRATION; ORCHIDECTOMY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE TYPE 5 INHIBITOR; RAT; SILDENAFIL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFONES;

EID: 84896335554     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12175     Document Type: Article

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