Vaginal wall descensus and pelvic floor symptoms in older women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 759-766

  Bradley, Catherine S ^a,b   Nygaard, Ingrid E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

EID: 25444490462     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000180183.03897.72     Document Type: Article

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