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Comment on the recently published IUGA/ICS joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction

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  1. Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Hochzirl Hospital, A-6170, Zirl, Austria

    Helena Talasz & Monika Lechleitner

  2. Department of Neurology, Hochzirl Hospital, A-6170, Zirl, Austria

    Markus Kofler

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Talasz, H., Kofler, M. & Lechleitner, M. Comment on the recently published IUGA/ICS joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction. Int Urogynecol J 28, 651–652 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-017-3299-2

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