Pelvic organ dysfunction following cauda equina damage

Pelvic Organ Dysfunction in Neurological Disease: Clinical Management and Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 266-277

  Simon, Podnar ^a   Fowler, Clare J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926978522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762611.019     Document Type: Chapter

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