Fetal development of the female external urinary sphincter complex: An anatomical and histological study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1738-1742

  Sebe, Philippe ^b   Fritsch, Helga ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a   Schwentner, Christian ^a   Lunacek, Andreas ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Radmayr, Christian ^a,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Urethra; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; PELVIS; PLASTINATION; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TECHNOLOGY; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SINUS; VAGINA;

EID: 17144414185     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000154616.51979.da     Document Type: Article

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