Pelvic floor muscle strength and response to pelvic floor muscle training for stress urinary incontinence
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2467
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