Changes in the extracellular matrix in periurethral tissue of women with stress urinary incontinence

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-445

  Goepel, Christian ^a   Thomssen, Christoph ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Elastic fibers; Hypotonic urethra; Stress urinary incontinence; Women

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLAGEN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATHOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; ELASTIC FIBERS; HYPOTONIC URETHRA; STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE; STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SUI); WOMEN;

TISSUE CULTURE;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; COUGHING; DISSECTION; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SAMPLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION;

EID: 33750692637     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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