Influence of reproductive status on tissue composition and biomechanical properties of ovine vagina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ulrich, Daniela ^a,b,e   Edwards, Sharon L ^c   Su, Kai ^c   White, Jacinta F ^c   Ramshaw, John A M ^c   Jenkin, Graham ^a   Deprest, Jan ^d   Rosamilia, Anna ^b   Werkmeister, Jerome A ^c   Gargett, Caroline E ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SCLEROPROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VAGINA; VIRGINITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE III; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VAGINA;

EID: 84899426402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093172     Document Type: Article

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