The normal width of the linea alba in nulliparous women

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-711

  Beer, Gertrude M ^a   Schuster, Antonius ^b   Seifert, Burkhardt ^c   Manestar, Mirjana ^c   Mihic Probst, Daniela ^d   Weber, Sina A ^e  

^a Division of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Radiology   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Linea alba; Normal breadth; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEA ALBA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NULLIPARA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UMBILICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549117211     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20836     Document Type: Article

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