title: Female genital mutilation and female genital schistosomiasis--bourouwel, the worm: traditional belief or medical explanation for a cruel practice?
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Bruchsal, Teaching Hospital of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. juergen.wacker@kliniken-lk.de
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wacker
authors.forename: Adama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zida
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sitz
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schweinfurth
authors.forename: Janika
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Briegel
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hüser
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feldmeier
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016387:Women's Health