Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2086-2090 , December 2008

Intron 1 and exon 1 alpha estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in women with endometriosis

Received 15 March 2007 ,Revised 3 October 2007 ,Accepted 3 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.023

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2086-2090 , December 2008

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