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Bladder neck mobility is a heritable trait.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 1 Mar 2005
Dietz H P, Hansell N K, Grace M E, Eldridge A M, Clarke B, Martin N G
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OBJECTIVE: Congenital connective tissue dysfunction may partly be responsible for female pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. We undertook a heritability study to determine whether mobility of the bladder neck, one of the main determinants of stress urinary incontinence, is genetically influenced. DESIGN: Heritability study using a twin model and structural equation modelling. SETTING: Queensland...
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