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Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 464-468 , October 2010

Endoscopic ablation of longitudinal vaginal septa in prepubertal girls: A minimally invasive alternative to open resection

Margaret Roth
- University of Vermont, Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT, USA
Gerald Mingin
- University of Vermont, Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT, USA
Nafisa Dharamsi
- Winnipeg Children's Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Karen Psooy
- Winnipeg Children's Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Martin Koyle
- University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Urology, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, W-7729, PO Box 5371, Seattle, WA, USA
- Corresponding author. University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Urology, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, W-7729, PO Box 5371, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA. Tel.: +1 206 987 5893; fax: +1 206 987 2935; page: +1 206 987 2000.

Received 22 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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