Innervation of the Labia Minora of Prepubertal Girls

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 352-357

  Schober, Justine ^a,b   Cooney, Timothy ^b   Pfaff, Donald ^a   Mayoglou, Lazarus ^a,b   Martin Alguacil, Nieves ^a,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Labia minora; Labioplasty; Sexual sensitivity; Vulva

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; LABIUM MINUS; LYMPH VESSEL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN NERVE; SKINFOLD; SWEAT GLAND; VAGINA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBERTY; VULVA;

EID: 78149360114     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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