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Imperforate Hymen

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This was first described by Ambroise Pare in 1633.

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Al-Salem, A.H. (2020). Imperforate Hymen. In: Pediatric Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49984-6_6

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