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Duthie and Gairns in a short communication1 directed attention to the rich sensory innervation of the mucosa of the human anal canal.
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GOULD, R. Sensory Innervation of the Anal Canal. Nature 187, 337–338 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187337a0
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