Management of vaginal vault prolapse

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Toozs Hobson, Philip ^a   Boos, Kelvin ^a   Cardozo, Linda ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN;

FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0031983758     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09343.x     Document Type: Review

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