Quantitative analysis of smooth muscle fibers in corpus cavernosum of human fetuses

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2226-2228

  Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a,b   Pinto, Juvenal L F ^a   Silva Costa, Waldemar ^a   Pereira, Mario J S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Fetus; Morphometry; Penis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0032413755     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63310-X     Document Type: Article

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