Recent developments in pelvic organ prolapse

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 399-404

  Koduri, Sumana ^a,b   Sand, Peter K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Evanston Continence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; REVIEW; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0034305548     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200010000-00009     Document Type: Article

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