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    Urol Clin North Am. 2005 Nov;32(4):379-95, v.

    Physiology of penile erection and pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction.

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    Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738, USA.

    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.

    PMID:
    16291031
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC1351051
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