Androgens Play a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Penile Tissue Architecture and Erection: A Review
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Androgens play a pivotal role in maintaining penile tissue architecture and erection: a review.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Andrology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0196-3635
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006007