Clinical implications of a close vicinity of nervus dorsalis penis/ clitoridis and os pubis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1572-1581

  Šedý, Jiří ^a,b   Naňka, Ondřej ^c   Špačková, Jana ^c   Jarolím, Ladislav ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcock's syndrome; Dorsal nerve of clitoris; Dorsal nerve of penis; Pubis; Sex determination; Trans sexualism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CIRCUMCISION; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DORSAL PENIS NERVE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOSPADIAS; NERVUS DORSALIS CLITORIDIS; NEUROANATOMY; PENIS GLANS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TRANSSEXUALISM; URETHROPLASTY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 47949097227     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00796.x     Document Type: Review

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