Striae and pelvic relaxation: Two disorders of connective tissue with a strong association

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1745-1748

  Salter, Sharon A ^a,b   Batra, Ritu S ^a,c   Rohrer, Thomas E ^c,d   Kohli, Neeraj ^a   Kimball, Alexa B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STRIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33746145161     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700258     Document Type: Article

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