Effect of weight change on natural history of pelvic organ prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Kudish, Bela I ^a,b   Iglesia, Cheryl B ^c   Sokol, Robert J ^c   Cochrane, Barbara ^c   Richter, Holly E ^c   Larson, Joseph ^c   Hendrix, Susan L ^c   Howard, Barbara V ^c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOCELE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECTOCELE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS PROLAPSE; WEIGHT CHANGE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CYSTOCELE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTOCELE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE PROLAPSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 60749126145     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318190a0dd     Document Type: Article

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