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Serdar E Bulun, Bahar D Yilmaz, Christia Sison, Kaoru Miyazaki, Lia Bernardi, Shimeng Liu, Amanda Kohlmeier, Ping Yin, Magdy Milad, JianJun Wei, Endometriosis, Endocrine Reviews, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2019, Pages 1048–1079, https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2018-00242



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Reason Why Hormone Therapy Alone Cannot Cure Endometriosis Uncovered – Quick summary of a research article on hormone receptors