Appearance of the levator ani muscle subdivisions in endovaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1145-

  Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LETTER; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 73549116549     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181bf1aa3     Document Type: Letter

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