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Section 1 - Basic Sciences in Gynaecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

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Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
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Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
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University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
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University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
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Print publication year: 2021

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