Molecular mechanisms associated with diabetic endothelial-erectile dysfunction

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 266-274

  Castela, Ângela ^a   Costa, Carla ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BLOOD; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENILE ERECTION;

EID: 84958069161     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2016.23     Document Type: Review

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