Which women are most affected by delivery-related changes in pelvic organ mobility?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a,b   Steensma, Anneke B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Childbirth; Incontinence; Prolapse; Translabial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NULLIPARA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PELVIC DISEASE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0141992766     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(03)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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