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Chronic Pelvic Pain

Improvement in chronic pelvic pain after gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-a) administration in premenopausal women suffering from adenomyosis or endometriosis: a retrospective study

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Pages 305-308 | Received 07 Aug 2012, Accepted 20 Oct 2012, Published online: 17 Jan 2013

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