1. Risk of Urinary Incontinence After Childbirth.
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Altman, Daniel, Ekström, Åsa, Gustafsson, Catharina, López, Annika, Falconer, Christian, and Zetterström, Jan
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URINARY incontinence , *URINARY stress incontinence , *CLINICAL medicine research , *CHILDBIRTH , *DELIVERY (Obstetrics) , *OBSTETRICS , *COHORT analysis - Abstract
The article presents clinical research on the risk of urinary incontinence and urinary stress incontinence after the first childbirth, subsequent deliveries, and obstetric events. Two hundred and forty six primiparous women participated in this ten-year prospective cohort study. Results suggest maternal age and number of deliveries do not influence risk.
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- 2006
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