An erosive pessary

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 507-

  Kankam, Osei K ^a   Geraghty, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; VAGINA PESSARY;

EID: 0036795607     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.10.507     Document Type: Article

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