Organization and relative content of smooth muscle cells, collagen and elastic fibers in the corpus cavernosum of rat penis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1802-1806

  Pinheiro, Ana C A D ^a   Costa, Waldemar S ^a   Cardoso, Luis E M ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cells; Extracellular matrix; Muscle; Penis; Rats; Smooth

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0033786695     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67110-8     Document Type: Article

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