FEMALE PROSTATE GLAND


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The review presents the results of a systematic literature on evaluation of the female prostate gland, its morphology and physiology available in Russian libraries and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Yu. A Yutskovskaya

SBEI HPE TSMU of RMPH

department of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology

A. G Martov

SBEI FPE MRI FMBA of Russia; CCH № 57 MHCD

Department of Urology; Department of Urology

E. V Leshunov

SBEI FPE MRI FMBA of Russia; CCH № 57 MHCD

Email: Leshunov@bk.ru
resident physician at the Department of Urology; Department of Urology

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