Impact of pregnancy and childbirth on female rats' urethral nerve fibers

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1453-1458

  Rocha, Mario A ^a,c   Sartori, M G F ^a   De Jesus Simoes M ^a   Herrmann, V ^b   Baracat, E C ^a   Rodrigues de Lima, G ^a   Girao M J B C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Nerve fibers; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; URETHRA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 35948984741     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0355-3     Document Type: Article

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