Architectural differences in the bony pelvis of women with and without pelvic floor disorders

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1283-1290

  Handa, Victoria L ^a,b   Pannu, Harpreet K ^a   Siddique, Sohail ^a   Gutman, Robert ^a   VanRooyen, Julia ^a   Cundiff, Geoff ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0344255775     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obstetgynecol.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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