Adenomyosis: Difficult to Diagnose, and Difficult to Treat

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-95

  Wood, C ^a  

^a MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346347703     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.7.89     Document Type: Article

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