Cutaneous corpuscular receptors of the human glans clitoris: Descriptive characteristics and comparison with the glans penis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1783-1789

  Shih, Cheryl ^a   Cold, Christopher J ^b   Yang, Claire C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clitoral Innervation; Clitoris; Corpuscular Receptors; Female Genital Anatomy; Vulva

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLITORIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PENIS GLANS; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SKIN RECEPTOR; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 84879844763     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12191     Document Type: Article

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