Different organization of collagen fibrils in stress-incontinent women of fertile age

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Falconer, Christian ^a   Blomgren, Bo ^b   Johansson, Olle ^b   Ulmsten, Ulf ^c   Malmström, Anders ^d   Westergren Thorsson, Gunilla ^d   Ekman Ordeberg, Gunvor ^e  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c The Experimental Dermatology Unit   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Collagen metabolism; Proteoglycans; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DECORIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPSIN A; PROTEOGLYCAN; VERSICAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031964271     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016349808565819     Document Type: Article

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