Pelvic organ prolapse: Is it time to define it?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 425-427

  Swift, Steven ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYMEN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 27744539578     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-1372-8     Document Type: Editorial

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