Interaction among apical support, levator ani impairment, and anterior vaginal wall prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-332

  Chen, Luyun ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b   Hsu, Yvonne ^b   DeLancey, John O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOMETRY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PELVIC FLOOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33748110778     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000227786.69257.a8     Document Type: Article

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