The effect of oestradiol on vaginal collagen metabolism in postmenopausal women with genuine stress incontinence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-344

  Jackson, Simon ^a   James, Mark ^b   Abrams, Paul ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT NFC 1; COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GELATINASE A; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PLACEBO; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTRADIOL; GELATINASE B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TISSUE; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 0036518288     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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