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Vaginismus: results of treatment with botulin toxin

A. Shafik, O. El-Sibai Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Cairo University, and Department of Surgery, Menou a University, Egypt
Pages 300-302 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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