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Ethical issues in hymenoplasty: views from Tehran's physicians
- Correspondence to Azal Ahmadi, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; azal.ahmadi{at}gmail.com
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Ethical issues in hymenoplasty: views from Tehran's physicians
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- Received January 16, 2013
- Revised May 14, 2013
- Accepted May 23, 2013
- First published June 13, 2013.
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May 19, 2014
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