Pelvic Organ Support Study (POSST): The distribution, clinical definition, and epidemiologic condition of pelvic organ support defects

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 795-806

  Swift, Steven ^a   Woodman, Patrick ^b   O'Boyle, Amy ^b   Kahn, Margie ^c   Valley, Michael ^d   Bland, Deirdre ^e   Wang, Wei ^f   Schaffer, Joe ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d HealthSystem Minnesota   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 14644397265     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.10.602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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