Racial differences in pelvic morphology among asymptomatic nulliparous women as seen on three-dimensional magnetic resonance images

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2035-2040

  Hoyte, Lennox ^a   Thomas, John ^b   Foster, Raymond T ^b   Shott, Susan ^c   Jakab, Marianna ^a   Weidner, Alison C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator ani; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic morphology; Racial differences; Three dimension reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BODY MASS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PARAMETER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARITY; PELVIC BONES; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 28444468191     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.060     Document Type: Article

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