Elastin expression and elastic fibre width in the anterior vaginal wall of postmenopausal women with and without prolapse

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-350

  Karam, Jose A ^a   Vazquez, Dolores V ^a   Lin, Victor K ^a   Zimmern, Philippe E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Elastin; Postmenopausal; Prolapse; Women

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOCELE; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION; VAGINA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOCELE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAGINA;

EID: 34447135704     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06998.x     Document Type: Article

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