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The politics of prolapse: A revisionist approach to disorders of the pelvic floor in women

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  1. Section of Gynecology, The Emory Clinic, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

    L. L. Wall

  2. Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    J. O. L. DeLancey

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This paper has been reproduced from Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 1991;34(4):486–96 with kind permission of the University of Chicago.

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Wall, L.L., DeLancey, J.O.L. The politics of prolapse: A revisionist approach to disorders of the pelvic floor in women. Int Urogynecol J 4, 304–309 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372746

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