Innervation of the levator ani muscles in the female squirrel monkey

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1141-1147

  Pierce, Lisa M ^a   Reyes, Michelle ^a   Thor, Karl B ^b   Dolber, Paul C ^b   Bremer, Ronald E ^b   Kuehl, Thomas J ^a   Coates, Kimberly W ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Iliococcygeus; Innervation; Levator ani; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pubococcygeus; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE ENDING; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0038734185     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.329     Document Type: Article

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