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Complete pelvic organ prolapse associated with cervical cancer
Catarina Estevinho1, Ana Portela Carvalho2, Ana Rita Pinto1
1Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, Portugal.
BMJ Case Reports
|January 19, 2021
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