The Predictive Value of the Genital Hiatus

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Gynecology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Editorial

Joan L Blomquist et al. Urogynecology (Phila). 2023.

. 2023 Jul 1;29(7):595-596.

doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001370. Epub 2023 May 17.

¹ From the Department of Gynecology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared they have no conflicts of interest.

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