Remodeling of vaginal connective tissue in patients with prolapse

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 544-550

  Alperin, Marianna ^a   Moalli, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Extracellular matrix; Pelvic floor; Prolapse; Vagina

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; ELASTIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; PROTEINASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TISSUE METABOLISM; VAGINA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PELVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33748252069     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000242958.25244.ff     Document Type: Review

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