Biometry of the pubovisceral muscle and levator hiatus in nulliparous Chinese women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 710-716

  Yang, J M ^a,b   Yang, S H ^a   Huang, W C ^b,c,d,e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Caucasian women; Chinese women; Levator hiatus; Pubovisceral muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCERA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750328395     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3825     Document Type: Article

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