Neuromuscular morphometry of the vaginal wall in women with anterior vaginal wall prolapse

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 458-463

  Inal, Hasan Ali ^a   Kaplan, Petek Balkanl ^a   Usta, Ufuk ^a   Taştekin, Ebru ^a   Aybatli, Aysun ^a   Tokuc, Burcu ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Actin; Anterior vaginal wall; Cystocele; Immunohistochemistry; PGP 9.5

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 77953584617     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20779     Document Type: Article

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