Ex vivo biomechanical properties of the female urethra in a rat model of birth trauma

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Prantil, Rachelle L ^a   Jankowski, Ron J ^a   Kaiho, Yasuhiro ^b   De Groat, William C ^b   Chancellor, Michael B ^b   Yoshimura, Naoki ^b   Vorp, David A ^a,c,d,e  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Sphincter; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRTH INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; URETHRA;

EID: 34147166714     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00292.2006     Document Type: Article

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