Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator ani in the squirrel monkey: A comparison of muscle volume between a cohort with pelvic organ prolapse and matched normals

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1467-1471

  Kramer, Lori A ^a   Gendron, Jil M ^b   Pierce, Lisa M ^a   Runge, Val M ^b   Shull, Bobby L ^a   Kuehl, Thomas J ^a,c,d  

^a Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (India)

^b Radiology

^c Mail Code: L 471   (United States)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator ani; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic organ prolapse; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; SAIMIRI; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33646087660     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.062     Document Type: Article

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