Pelvic floor sex steroid hormone receptors, distribution and expression in pre- and postmenopausal stress urinary incontinent women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1377-1384

  Söderberg, Marie Westergren ^a,b   Johansson, Bengt ^c   Masironi, Britt ^a   Byström, Birgitta ^a   Falconer, Christian ^c   Sahlin, Lena ^a   Ordeberg, Gunvor Ekman ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Hormone receptor; Incontinence; Pelvic floor; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 35649006967     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701625446     Document Type: Article

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