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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 5 (2018), Article ID 4:IJGCP-145, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2018/145
Review Article
Endometriosis in Adolescence: Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Future Infertility

Efthimios Deligeoroglou*, Vasileios Karountzos, Pandelis Tsimaris and Evangelia Deligeoroglou

Division of Pediatric-Adolescent Gynecology & Reconstructive Surgery, Athens, Greece
Prof. Efthimios Deligeoroglou, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecolog National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 145 Michalakopoulou Str., 11527 Athens, Greece, Fax: +302107798111, +302107233330; E-mail: deligeoroglou@yahoo.gr
06 November 2018; 17 December 2018; 19 December 2018
Deligeoroglou E, Karountzos V, Tsimaris P, Deligeoroglou E (2018) Endometriosis in Adolescence: Challenges and Opportunities for Managing Future Infertility. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 5: 145. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2018/145

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