Direct measurement of the permeability of human cervical tissue

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fernandez, Michael ^a   Vink, Joy ^b   Yoshida, Kyoko ^a   Wapner, Ronald ^b   Myers, Kristin M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL TISSUES; COLLAGENOUS TISSUES; CONSTITUTIVE MATERIALS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXTERNAL FORCE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; IN-VIVO; INFANT MORTALITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MECHANICAL LOADING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY TESTING; PRETERM BIRTH; RESEARCH GOALS; RESIST DEFORMATION; SOFT TISSUE; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OBSTETRICS; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LABOR; LABORATORY DEVICE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MECHANICS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873622474     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023380     Document Type: Article

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