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Serum and endometrial markers.
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Apr 2004
Yang Wei-Chung Vivian, Chen Huei-Wen, Au Heng-Kien, Chang Ching-Wen, Huang Chien-Tsang, Yen Yu-Hsun, Tzeng Chii-Ruey
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Endometriosis is a benign but aggressive disease. It occurs when shed endometrium from the female reproductive tract grows at a site outside the uterus. The physiological changes in endometriosis-abnormal tissue growth, invasion, and adhesion phenomena-are similar to those seen in tumorous tissues. Although the etiology of endometriosis is not well understood, the disease is widely accepted to result from the...
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