Tensile Properties of Single Vaginal Smooth Muscle Cells

Improving treatment and prevention of pelvic organ prolapse, a disorder affecting up to half of parous women, requires thorough mechanical analysis of the vagina and other endopelvic structures at the cellular level. In this study, we tested single vaginal smooth muscle cells (SMCs) to quantify thei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Zachary Dalton
Other Authors: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83567