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Color Atlas of Human Fetal and Neonatal Histology

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During the first trimester and part of the second, the vagina undergoes complex embryologic changes that result in significant histological transformations. The histological appearance of the fetal vagina is also affected by placental and maternal hormonal influences that are unique to prenatal life. Those histological features are the focus of this chapter.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli & Dale S. Huff

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  1. Eduardo D. Ruchelli
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Correspondence to Eduardo D. Ruchelli .

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA

    Linda M. Ernst

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Chrystalle Katte Carreon

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Dale S. Huff

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Ruchelli, E.D., Huff, D.S. (2019). Vagina. In: Ernst, L., Ruchelli, E., Carreon, C., Huff, D. (eds) Color Atlas of Human Fetal and Neonatal Histology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11425-1_18

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