The effect of Pueraria mirifica on cytologic and urodynamic findings in ovariectomized rats

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 350-356

  Manonai, Jittima ^a   Seif, Christoph ^b   Böhler, Georg ^b   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Leak point pressure; Ovariectomized rats; Pueraria mirifica

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PUERARIA EXTRACT; PUERARIA MIRIFICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; RESIDUAL URINE; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PUERARIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 67649373983     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318188b279     Document Type: Article

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