Thoracic kyphosis and the prevalence of advanced uterine prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-609

  Lind, Lawrence R ^a   Lucente, Vincent ^b   Kohn, Nina ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0029886394     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00477-7     Document Type: Article

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