The clinical evaluation of pelvic floor dysfunction

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 783-804

  Theofrastous, J P ^a   Swift, S E ^a  

^a Mountain Area Health Education Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES INCONTINENCE; LIFESTYLE; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS FLOOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031744061     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8545(05)70043-7     Document Type: Article

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