The female prostate revisited: Perineal ultrasound and biochemical studies of female ejaculate

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1388-1393

  Wimpissinger, Florian ^a   Stifter, Karl ^b   Grin, Wolfgang ^a   Stackl, Walter ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Institute for Perineometry and Sextherapy   (Austria)

Author keywords

Female Ejaculation; Female Orgasm; Female Prostate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URETHROSCOPY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34548319489     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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