Connective tissue in female urinary incontinence

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 509-515

  Ulmsten, Ulf ^a   Falconer, Christian ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; VAGINA;

EID: 0032786896     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199910000-00017     Document Type: Review

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