title: [Application of quantitative temperature testing in diagnosis of neurogenic erectile dysfunction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the application of quantitative temperature testing (QTT) in forensic identification and clinical diagnosis of neurogenic erectile dysfunction (NED).
  
  
  METHODS
  TSA-II-NeuroSensory Analyzer was used to measure the thresholds of four kinds of sensory, including cold, cold pain, heat, heat pain, in 22 normal and 35 NED patients at dorsal glans (DG), left thigh interior (LTI) and left thenar (LT). To calculate the relative thresholds of the sensory mentioned above between DG and LTI (DG/LTI), and between DG and LT (DG/LT). Then to analyze those thresholds and the relative thresholds.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NED group showed significant higher threshold than the normal group in DG-heat, DG-heat pain, LTI-heat, LTI-heat pain, DG/LTI-heat, DG/LT-heat, DG/LT-heat pain (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The threshold of QTT at dorsal glans could be used as an accessory indicator in forensic medicine and clinical diagnosis of NED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. wszheng2007@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Shao-Zheng
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Fei-Xiang
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ji-Can
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Guang-You
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D017288:Pain Threshold; D010413:Penis / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013696:Temperature; D013697:Thermosensing