Effect of endometrioma and its surgical excision on fertility (Review)
- Authors:
- Danni Jiang
- Xiaocui Nie
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Affiliations: Graduate School, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China, Department of Gynecology, Shenyang Women's and Children's Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning 110011, P.R. China - Published online on: September 18, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.9242
- Article Number: 114
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