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Case Reports

Cutaneous malignant melanoma metastatic to endometrium manifesting abnormal uterine bleeding in postmenopausal woman: a case report

Hyoun Sook SongDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi, South Korea;
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Myoung Hwan KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, South Korea;
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Min Young LeeDepartment of Nursing, The Graduate School of Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
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Se Jeong JeonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi, South Korea;
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Hee Sun KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi, South Korea;
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Young Ah KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi, South Korea;
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Kyoung-Chul ChunDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi, South Korea; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1184-1185 | Published online: 18 Jun 2019

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