Current opinion on the classification and definition of genital tract prolapse

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-507

  Swift, Steven ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification systems; Genital tract prolapse

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; OBSTETRICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STAGING; SYMPTOM; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0036823363     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200210000-00011     Document Type: Review

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