Associations of carotid artery plaque with lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2263-2270

  Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Soon Ki ^a   Lee, Dong Gi ^b  

^a National Police Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Erectile dysfunction; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84920992394     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-014-0830-y     Document Type: Article

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