The pathophysiology of pelvic floor disorders: Evidence from a histomorphologic study of the perineum and a mouse model of rectal prolapse

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 599-607

  Yiou, René ^a,b   Delmas, Vincent ^b   Carmeliet, Peter ^d   Gherardi, Romain K ^a   Barlovatz Meimon, Georgia ^a   Chopin, Dominique K ^b   Abbou, Clément Claude ^b   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,c  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b Institut d'anatomie de Paris   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulbocavernosus; Ischiocavernosus; Levator ani; Mice; Rectal prolapse

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035183742     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19950599.x     Document Type: Article

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