Influence of racial differences or topical oestrogen on vaginal skin extracellular matrix components in women with pelvic floor dysfunction
Stress incontinence (SI) is more common in white women (61%) than in black African women (27%). Previous studies have demonstrated that collagen XVII is increased and the collagen I:III ratio is decreased in continent black women compared to white suggesting better adhesiveness and elasticity in the...
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University of Southampton
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605715 |