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Female Genital Mutilation

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  1. Consultant to the African Clinic Central Middlesex Hospital London, London, UK

    Harry Gordon

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  1. Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, UK

    Abdul H. Sultan

  2. Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, UK

    Ranee Thakar

  3. Furlong Professor of Women’s Health Director of Gynecology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Dee E. Fenner

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Gordon, H. (2009). Female Genital Mutilation. In: Sultan, A.H., Thakar, R., Fenner, D.E. (eds) Perineal and Anal Sphincter Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-503-5_7

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