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Endometrioma Cyst: To Remove or Not?

Pratap Kumar, Anand Balasubramanian

Citation Information : Kumar P, Balasubramanian A. Endometrioma Cyst: To Remove or Not?. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2012; 3 (1):26-29.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10016-1036

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-12-2014

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2012; The Author(s).


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Kumar P, Balasubramanian A. Endometrioma Cyst: To Remove or Not? Int J Infertility Fetal Med 2012;3(1):26-29.


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