Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Pelvic Floor Injury

Female Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 533-541

  Groutz, Asnat ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

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EID: 84882922884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2339-5.50101-4     Document Type: Chapter

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