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Animal models of female pelvic organ prolapse: lessons learned

Bruna M Couri Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Andrew T Lenis Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Ali Borazjani Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Marie Fidela R Paraiso Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Margot S Damaser Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND20 Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. [email protected]; Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. [email protected]; Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Pages 249-260 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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