West Berkshire perineal management trial: Three year follow up

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 295, Issue 6601, 1987, Pages 749-751

  Sleep, Jennifer ^a   Grant, Adrian ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSPAREUNIA; ENGLAND; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0023255924     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6601.749     Document Type: Article

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