The precise location and nature of the nerves to the male human urethra: Histological and immunohistochemical studies with three-dimensional reconstruction

European Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 858-864

  Karam, Ibrahim ^a,c   Droupy, Stéphane ^b   Abd Alsamad, Issam ^a   Korbage, Aiham ^a   Uhl, Jean François ^a   Benoît, Gérard ^b   Delmas, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Institute of Anatomym Paris 5   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Innervation; Pudendal nerve; Three dimensional reconstruction; Urethral sphincter; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MYELINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URETHRA;

FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 27144525548     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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