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31 - Vaginal Cancer

from Section 5 - Gynecologic Oncology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

By
Victor M. Feldbaum
Edited by
Lisa Keder  and
Martin E. Olsen
Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Martin E. Olsen
Affiliation:
East Tennessee State University
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Gynecologic Care , pp. 301 - 305
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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