Lack of the complete circular rhabdosphincter and a distinct circular smooth muscle layer around the proximal urethra in elderly Japanese women: An anatomical study

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-94

  Kurihara, Makoto ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Kajiwara, Mitsuru ^a   Taguchi, Keisuke ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b   Usui, Tsuguru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular smooth muscle; Elderly women; Individual variation; Urethral rhabdosphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 1842628619     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-003-1107-7     Document Type: Article

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