Comparison of levator ani muscle defects and function in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 2 PART 1, 2007, Pages 295-302

  DeLancey, John O L ^a   Morgan, Daniel M ^b   Fenner, Dee E ^b   Kearney, Rohna ^b   Guire, Kenneth ^b   Miller, Janis M ^b   Hussain, Hero ^b   Umek, Wolfgang ^b   Hsu, Yvonne ^b   Ashton Miller, James A ^b  

^a Women's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC FLOOR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33846676480     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000250901.57095.ba     Document Type: Article

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