Management of disorders of the posterior pelvic floor

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Berman, Loren ^a   Aversa, John ^b   Abir, Farshad ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

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EID: 53549090703     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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