Physiology of penile erection and pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction |
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Authors: | Dean Robert C Lue Tom F |
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Affiliation: | Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738, USA. |
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Abstract: | This article reviews the physiology of penile erection, the components of erectile function, and the pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction. The molecular and clinical under-standing of erectile function continues to gain ground at a particularly fast rate.Advances in gene discovery have aided greatly in working knowledge of smooth muscle relaxation/contraction pathways. The understanding of the nitric oxide pathway has aided not only in the molecular understanding of the tumescence but also greatly in the therapy of erectile dysfunction. |
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