Dynamic assessment of pelvic floor and bony pelvis morphologic condition with the use of magnetic resonance imaging in a multiethnic, nulliparous, and healthy female population

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Rizk, Diaa E E ^a,b   Czechowski, Janusz ^a   Ekelund, Leif ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b United Arab Emirates ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Ethnic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic floor measurement; Pelvimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARABS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC BONES; PELVIC FLOOR; REFERENCE VALUES; VAGINA;

EID: 4043089314     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.041     Document Type: Article

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