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Emerging drugs for endometriosis

Sun-Wei Guo Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, and Institute of Obstetric and Gynecologic Research, 145 Shandong Zhong Road, Shanghai 200001, China +86 21 5388 2377; [email protected]
, PhD
Pages 547-571 | Published online: 20 Nov 2008

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