Female urinary incontinence: Pathophysiology, methods of evaluation and role of MR imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-380

  Macura, Katarzyna J ^a   Genadry, Rene R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRINSIC BLADDER SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIURETHRAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL HYPERMOBILITY; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 42149127667     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9257-6     Document Type: Review

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