Faculty Opinions recommendation of Ectopic endometrium in human foetuses is a common event and sustains the theory of müllerianosis in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, a disease that predisposes to cancer.

Lone Hummelshøj
In: Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2009 · doi:10.3410/f.1160737.624283 · W4239621748
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Ectopic endometrium in human fetuses is a common occurrence, supporting the müllerianosis theory of endometriosis development, which is linked to cancer predisposition.

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