Treatment of imperforate hymen by application of Foley catheter

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-4

  Garden, Anne S ^a   Bramwell, Ros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN;

BALLOON CATHETER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPERFORATE HYMEN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA ATRESIA; CATHETERIZATION; COITUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HYMEN; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COITUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 0037427573     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00401-3     Document Type: Editorial

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