Innervation of the rat prostate

Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-63

  Santamaría, Luis ^a   Alonso, Lucia ^a   Ingelmo, Idefonso ^b   Pozuelo, José Manuel ^c   Rodriguez, Rosario ^c  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

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EID: 34248578974     PISSN: 03015556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69816-6_7     Document Type: Article

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