Innervation of the pelvic floor muscles: A reappraisal for the levator ani nerve

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-534

  Wallner, Christian ^a   Maas, Cornelis P ^a   Dabhoiwala, Noshir F ^b   Lamers, Wouter H ^b   DeRuiter, Marco C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 33748349868     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000228510.08019.77     Document Type: Article

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