Familial transmission of urogenital prolapse and incontinence

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-468

  Twiss, Christian ^a,b   Triaca, Veronica ^a   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial; Genetics; Prolapse; Stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34648858638     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3282efdc21     Document Type: Review

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