Incontinence in elderly women: Is periurethral collagen an advance?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-157

  Stanton, Stuart L ^a   Monga, Ash K ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031056331     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11036.x     Document Type: Article

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