Neuromuscular morphometry of the uterine ligaments and vaginal wall in women with pelvic organ prolapse

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-132

  Kaplan, Petek Balkanlä ^a   Usta, Ufuk ^b   Inal, Hasan Ali ^a   Tastekin, Tugba ^b   Tokuc, Burcu ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

actin; pelvic organ prolapse; PGP 9.5; uterine ligaments; vaginal wall

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS BIOPSY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ACTINS; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; ROUND LIGAMENT; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 78651069374     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20972     Document Type: Article

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