Peptidergic innervation of the human clitoris

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-543

  Hauser Kronberger, Cornelia ^a   Cheung, Annie ^c   Hacker, Gerhard W ^a   Graf, Anton H ^b   Dietze, Otto ^a   Frick, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adrenogenital syndrome; Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); Clitoris; Helospectin; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptide tyrosine (neuropeptide Y); Substance P; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HELOSPECTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032852849     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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