The role of the levator ani muscle in evacuation, sexual performance and pelvic floor disorders

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 361-376

  Shafik, A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Micturition; Proctalgia; Pudendal canal syndrome; Uterine cervix; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLITORIS; DEFECATION; EJACULATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM; REFLEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBLUXATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0034523441     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004028     Document Type: Article

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