Study of the uterine response to vaginal distension: The ‘vagino-uterine reflex’

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-269

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Insemination; Reflexes; Semen; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0030664547     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291541     Document Type: Article

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