Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 107-110 , June 2007

How and When to Use MR Imaging of the Female Pelvic Floor

  • Julia R. Fielding, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Julia R. Fielding, MD, Campus Box 7510, Dept. of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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PII: S1043-1489(07)00011-5

doi: 10.1053/j.scrs.2007.03.004

Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 107-110 , June 2007

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