A journey through two lumens!

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-9

  Levin, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROTIRELIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEART RATE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; ORGASM; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SHEEP; TRANSVAGINAL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA; VAGINA BLOOD FLOW; VAGINA MOTILITY; VAGINA OXYGEN TENSION; VAGINA PH;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGASM; SEXUALITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0037301091     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900977     Document Type: Review

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