Bladder neck mobility is a heritable trait

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-339

  Dietz, H P ^a   Hansell, N K ^b   Grace, M E ^b   Eldridge, A M ^b   Clarke, B ^c   Martin, N G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PELVIC FLOOR; PHENOTYPE; PROLAPSE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 14644388143     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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