Female genital mutilation/cutting: An update

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 300-303

  Rouzi, A A ^a   Alturki, F ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutting; Female; Genital mutilation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CYST; DEFIBULATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EPIDERMAL CLITORAL INCLUSION CYST; EUROPE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL LUBRICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DELIVERY; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAGINA;

AFRICA; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

EID: 84931440983     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: 27090094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12891/ceog1823.2015     Document Type: Article

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