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A
classification of the variations in
the female pelvis as gynecoid,
android, anthropoid and platypelloid based on the type
of the posterior and
anterior segments of
the inlet.
Bibliography
W. E. Caldwell, H. Moloy:
• Anatomical variations in the female pelvis and their effect in labor with a
suggested classification.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Louis, 1933, 26: 479-505.
L. D. Longo:
L. D. Longo:
• Classic pages in obstetrics and gynecology. Anatomical variations in the female
pelvis and their effect in labor with a suggested classification.
William Edgar Caldwell and Howard Carmen Moloy. American Journal of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, vol. 26, pp. 479-505, 1933.
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Pat Forbis and Susan L. Bartolucci:
Pat Forbis and Susan L. Bartolucci:
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