Pelvic floor electrical stimulation: A comparison of daily and every- other-day therapy for genuine stress incontinence

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-118

  Richardson, David A ^a   Miller, Karen L ^b   Siegel, Steven W ^b   Karram, Mickey M ^b   Blackwood, Nicole B ^b   Staskin, David R ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030201033     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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