Static and dynamic MRI features of the levator ani and correlation with severity of genital prolapse

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1468-1475

  Ansquer, Yan ^a,d   Fernandez, Pedro ^b   Chapron, Charles ^a   Frey, Catherine ^c   Bennis, Malika ^a   Roy, Carine ^c   Salomon, Laurence ^c   Mandelbrot, Laurent ^c   Carbonne, Bruno ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Genital prolapse; Levator ani muscle; Levator plate; Magnetic resonance imaging; Urogenital hiatus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; RECTUM; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PELVIC FLOOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33845267462     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600984837     Document Type: Article

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