Pregnancy-and delivery-induced biomechanical changes in rat vagina persist postpartum

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1169-1174

  Alperin, Marianna ^a,b   Feola, Andrew ^c   Duerr, Robert ^b   Moalli, Pamela ^a,b   Abramowitch, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Postpartum; Rat; Vaginal delivery; Vaginal distensibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG EVANS RAT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISTENSIBILITY;

EID: 77956544205     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1149-6     Document Type: Article

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