Biomechanical properties of the lower uterine segment above and below the reflection of the urinary bladder flap

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-700

  Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a   Buhimschi, Irina A ^b   Zhao, Guomao ^b   Funai, Edmund ^b   Peltecu, Gheorghe ^b   Saade, George R ^b   Weiner, Carl P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; PYRIDINOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BLADDER BIOPSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE FLAP; URINARY BLADDER FLAP; UTERUS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYSTEROTOMY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; TENSILE STRENGTH; UTERUS;

EID: 33847361364     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000236448.61465.95     Document Type: Article

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