Validation of a simplified technique for using the POPQ pelvic organ prolapse classification system

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Swift, Steven ^f   Morris, Sarah ^a   McKinnie, Vikki ^a   Freeman, Robert ^b   Petri, Eckhard ^c   Scotti, Richard J ^d   Dwyer, Peter ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Frauenklinik im Klinikum   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33750091602     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0076-z     Document Type: Article

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