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Research Article

Considerations for performing microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) – Three cases with abnormal test results of endometrial tissue discovered by chance when performing MEA

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Pages 749-752 | Received 09 Apr 2020, Accepted 07 Jun 2020, Published online: 03 Jul 2020

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