Histopathological evaluation of the connective tissue of the vaginal fascia and the uterine ligaments in women with and without pelvic relaxation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Kokcu A ^a   Yanik, F ^a   Cetinkaya M ^a   Alper, T ^a   Kandemir, B ^a   Malatyalioglu, E ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Pelvic relaxation; Uterine ligaments

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; ELASTIC FIBER; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; RECTOCELE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIN; FASCIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; UTERINE PROLAPSE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0036916319     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040100194     Document Type: Article

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