The Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis guidelines for managing adenomyosis

Tasuku Harada; Fuminori Taniguchi; Sun‐Wei Guo; Young Min Choi; K. Biberoğlu; Kutay Omer Biberoglu; Shaw‐Jenq Sean Tsai; Shaw-Jenq Sean Tsai; Saeed Alborzi; Moamar Al‐Jefout; Amphan Chalermchokcharoenkit; Angela G. Sison‐Aguilar; Angela G Sison-Aguilar; Yoke-Fai Fong; Yoke‐Fai Fong; Hemantha Senanayake; A.A. Popov; Andon Hestiantoro; Yuval Kaufman

doi:10.1002/rmb2.12535

The Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis guidelines for managing adenomyosis

Tasuku Harada, Fuminori Taniguchi, Sun‐Wei Guo, Young Min Choi, K. Biberoğlu, Kutay Omer Biberoglu, Shaw‐Jenq Sean Tsai, Shaw-Jenq Sean Tsai, Saeed Alborzi, Moamar Al‐Jefout, Amphan Chalermchokcharoenkit, Angela G. Sison‐Aguilar, Angela G Sison-Aguilar, Yoke-Fai Fong, Yoke‐Fai Fong, Hemantha Senanayake, A.A. Popov, Andon Hestiantoro, Yuval Kaufman

Reproductive medicine and biology · 2023 · vol. 22(1) , pp. e12535 · doi:10.1002/rmb2.12535 · PMID:37701076 · W4386621397

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This is the first guidelines for adenomyosis from the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.

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