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How innocent is the vaginal pessary? Two cases of vaginal cancer associated with pessary use

A. Jain Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
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F. Majoko Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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O. Freites Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
Pages 829-830 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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