Pelvic organ prolapse

American Family Physician

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1111-1117

  Kuncharapu, Indumathi ^a   Majeroni, Barbara A ^b   Johnson, Dallas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952296398     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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