Impact of menopause on collagen subtypes in the arcus tendineous fasciae pelvis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 620-627

  Moalli, P A ^a   Talarico, L C ^a   Sung, V W ^a   Klingensmith, W L ^a   Shand, S H ^b   Meyn, L A ^a   Watkins, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcus tendineous fasciae pelvis; Collagen; Menopause; Vaginal wall prolapse

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; ELASTIN; HORMONE;

ADULT; ARCUS TENDINEOUS FASCIAE PELVIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; VAGINA;

EID: 1642423752     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.08.040     Document Type: Article

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