Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-869

  Sorrells, Morris L ^a   Snyder, James L ^a   Reiss, Mark D ^a   Eden, Christopher ^a   Milos, Marilyn F ^b   Wilcox, Norma ^a   Van Howe, Robert S ^a,b  

^a College of Human Medicine ^*

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Penis; Pressure sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EJACULATION; ETHNICITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREPUCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FORESKIN; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 33947308926     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x     Document Type: Article

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