Late Complications of Childhood Female Genital Mutilation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-589

  Hamoudi, Aseel ^a,b   Shier, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidermal inclusion cyst; Female circumcision; Female genital mutilation; Health risks and consequences; Retention cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMOID CYST; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE III; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SECONDARY INFECTION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA TUMOR; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 77957252248     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34528-5     Document Type: Article

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