Clitoral anatomy in nulliparous, healthy, premenopausal volunteers using unenhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2060-2063

  O'Connell, Helen E ^a,c   DeLancey, John O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Clitoris; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parity; Premenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PELVIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; VAGINA; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 18744407890     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000158446.21396.c0     Document Type: Article

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