3-D Volumetric and vascular analysis of the urethrovaginal space in young women with or without vaginal orgasm

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1445-1453

  Battaglia, Cesare ^a   Nappi, Rossella Elena ^b   Mancini, Fulvia ^c   Alvisi, Stefania ^a   Del Forno, Simona ^a   Battaglia, Bruno ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Female Prostate; G Spot; Skene's Glands; Ultrasonography; Vaginal Orgasm

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URETHRA; VAGINA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77955253258     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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