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Embryology, Anatomy, and Histology of the Vagina

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The vagina originates from two different structures:

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Buy, J.N., Ghossain, M. (2013). Embryology, Anatomy, and Histology of the Vagina . In: Gynecological Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31012-6_29

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