The prepuce: Specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-295

  Taylor, J R ^a,b   Lockwooo, A P ^a   Taylor, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Department of Pediatric Surgery ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Meissner's corpuscle; Prepuce; Ridged band; Specialized mucosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEISSNER CORPUSCLE; MUCOSA; NERVE ENDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030054339     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.85023.x     Document Type: Article

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