Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 827-832 , September 2008

Creation of a neovagina in patients with Rokitansky syndrome using peritoneum from the pouch of Douglas: an analysis of 48 cases

Received 4 April 2007 ,Revised 6 July 2007 ,Accepted 12 July 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)02952-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1321

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 827-832 , September 2008

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