Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 348-351 , 20 November 2006

Presentation of a device used by elderly women with prolapse in eastern part of Turkey

  • Suheyla Rahman

      Affiliations

    • Firat University, Vocational School of Health Services, Elazig, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 537 631 72 46; fax: +90 424 238 80 96.
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  • Yasemin Acik

      Affiliations

    • Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Public Health Department, Elazig, Turkey
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  • Zulal Asci Toraman

      Affiliations

    • Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Microbiology, Department, Elazig, Turkey
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  • Aygen Celik

      Affiliations

    • Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department, Elazig, Turkey

Received 4 July 2005 ,Revised 5 June 2006 ,Accepted 8 June 2006.

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PII: S0378-5122(06)00210-6

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.06.008

Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 348-351 , 20 November 2006

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