The axial location of structural regions in the urethra: A magnetic resonance study in nulliparous women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1039-1045

  Umek, Wolfgang H ^a   Kearney, Rohna ^a   Morgan, Daniel M ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b   DeLancey, John O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242711707     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obstetgynecol.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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