Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , February 2008

Urinary and Anal Incontinence in African American Teenaged Gravidas during Pregnancy and the Puerperium

  • Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, MD, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Women's Hospital L4100, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0276
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  • Ding-Cai Cao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • ,
  • Sandra Culbertson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 Presented at 27th annual American Society of Urogynecologists meeting on 10/20/2006 in Palm Springs, California.

PII: S1083-3188(07)00210-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.05.003

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , February 2008

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