Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator ani with anatomic correlation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Strohbehn, Kris ^a,b   Ellis, James H ^a,b   Strohbehn, Judith A ^a,b   Delancey, John O L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCONTINENCE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

EID: 0030059967     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199602000-00024     Document Type: Article

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