Magnetic resonance imaging of female prostate pathology

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1704-1711

  Wimpissinger, Florian ^a   Tscherney, Robert ^a   Stackl, Walter ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Female ejaculation; Female prostate; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paraurethral glands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MUCUS SECRETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; PARAURETHRAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA STONE; URETHROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 66649113075     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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