Vaginal smooth muscle cell apoptosis is increased in women with pelvic organ prolapse

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1559-1564

  Takacs, Peter ^a   Gualtieri, Marc ^a   Nassiri, Mehdi ^b   Candiotti, Keith ^b   Medina, Carlos A ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Prolapse; Smooth muscle cell; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SECTION; VAGINA;

EID: 53249092017     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0690-z     Document Type: Article

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