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Female genital mutilation and the unborn female child in southwest Nigeria

I. O. Ogunlola Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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E. O. Orji Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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A. T. Owolabi Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Pages 143-145 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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