Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

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Pathogenesis of Endometriosis: Early Lesion Formation

자궁내막증의 병인: 초기 병변 형성을 중심으로

  • Na, Yong-Jin (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 나용진 (부산대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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