Ultrastructural and Quantitative Study of Clitoral Cavernous Tissue from Living Subjects

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1675-1685

  Caruso, Salvatore ^a   Cianci, Antonio ^a   Malandrino, Chiara ^a   Cavallari, Lidia ^b   Gambadoro, Orazio ^b   Arena, Grazia ^b   Pispisa, Letterio ^b   Agnello, Carmela ^a   Romano, Mattea ^a   Cavallari, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clitoris; Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction; Microbiopsy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; GLYCOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMETRICS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORPHOMETRICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79957896973     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02253.x     Document Type: Article

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