Immunohistochemical study of the cavernous nerves in the periprostatic region

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1210-1215

  Costello, Anthony J ^a,b   Dowdle, Benjamin W ^a   Namdarian, Benjamin ^a   Pedersen, John ^c   Murphy, Declan G ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre Epworth   (Australia)

^c Tissupath Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cavernous nerves; immunohistochemistry; nerve sparing; neurovascular bundle; prostate cancer; radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE FUNCTION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79954542286     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09711.x     Document Type: Article

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