Regenerative Medicine for Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy: Are we Ready?

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¹ Department of Urology, Universtity Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
² The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Maarten Albersen et al. EBioMedicine. 2016.

. 2016 Feb 19:5:28-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.033. eCollection 2016 Mar.

¹ Department of Urology, Universtity Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
² The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Safety and Potential Effect of a Single Intracavernous Injection of Autologous Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy: An Open-Label Phase I Clinical Trial.
Haahr MK, Jensen CH, Toyserkani NM, Andersen DC, Damkier P, Sørensen JA, Lund L, Sheikh SP. Haahr MK, et al. EBioMedicine. 2016 Jan 19;5:204-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.01.024. eCollection 2016 Mar. EBioMedicine. 2016. PMID: 27077129 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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