Increased duration of simulated childbirth injuries results in increased time to recovery

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Pan, H Q ^a,b,e   Kerns, J M ^c   Lin, D L ^a,b,d,e   Liu, S ^d   Esparza, N ^d   Damaser, M S ^a,b,d,e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Leak point pressure; Rat; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL DISTENSION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA;

EID: 34147143887     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00784.2006     Document Type: Article

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