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Case 65 - An Eight-Year-Old Girl with Persistent Vulvar Itching

from Section X - Pediatric and Adolescent Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2019

By
Laura A. Parks
Edited by
David Chelmow ,
Nicole W. Karjane ,
Hope A. Ricciotti  and
Amy E. Young
David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Nicole W. Karjane
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hope A. Ricciotti
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
Amy E. Young
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Office Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
 , pp. 203 - 205
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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