Advances in clinical application of nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring to diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction.
- Author:
Ke RAO
1
;
Guanghui DU
;
Weimin YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China. raokeke@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Electric Impedance;
Erectile Dysfunction;
diagnosis;
therapy;
Humans;
Male;
Monitoring, Physiologic;
Penile Erection
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2004;10(2):142-146
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Nocturnal penile tumescence is a normal physiological behavior of males. Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring is one of the most effective methods to differentiate between organic and psychological erectile dysfunctions. Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring has reportedly been applied to the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction as well as to the researches on the mechanism of nocturnal penile tumescence.
