Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 722-724 , February 2010

Sexual function in women with female genital mutilation

Accepted for presentation at the 64th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, California, November 8–12, 2008.

  • Sharifa A. Alsibiani, M.B., Ch.B.
    • ,
  • Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.C.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Abdulrahim Rouzi, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.C., P.O. Box 80215, Jeddah, 21589 Saudi Arabia (FAX: none).

Received 18 July 2008 ,Revised 16 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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 S.A.A. has nothing to disclose. A.A.R. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04269-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 722-724 , February 2010

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