Pelvic floor changes in the older woman

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 18-25

  Bidmead, J ^a   Cardozo, L D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management, ageing; Stress incontinence; Urogenital prolapse

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLITEF; SILICON;

ANUS SPHINCTER; CHILDBIRTH; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PELVIC FLOOR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0031760327     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1998.0820s1018.x     Document Type: Article

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