Cellular and molecular biology in urogynaecology

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Blakeman, Peter ^a   Hilton, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT;

BLADDER NECK; BLADDER WALL; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0029850695     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199610000-00008     Document Type: Review

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