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Pathogenesis of deep endometriosis.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Dec 2017
Gordts Stephan, Koninckx Philippe, Brosens Ivo
Abstract excerpt
The pathophysiology of (deep) endometriosis is still unclear. As originally suggested by Cullen, change the definition "deeper than 5 mm" to "adenomyosis externa." With the discovery of the old European literature on uterine bleeding in 5%-10% of the neonates and histologic evidence that the bleeding represents decidual shedding, it is postulated/hypothesized that endometrial stem/progenitor cells, implanted in...
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