Concentration of elastic system fibers in the corpus cavernosum, corpus spongiosum, and tunica albuginea in the rabbit penis

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Maia, R S ^a   Babinski, M A ^a   Figueiredo, M A ^a   Chagas, M A ^a   Costa, W S ^a   Sampaio, F J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elastic tissue; Penis; Rabbit; Steorology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DENSITY; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAINING; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RABBITS;

EID: 33644779571     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901404     Document Type: Article

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