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.

Erkut Attar, Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt
In: Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2009 · doi:10.3410/f.1160737.622142 · W4205405412
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Ectopic endometrium was found to be common in human fetuses, supporting the Müllerianosis theory for endometriosis pathogenesis and its link to cancer predisposition.

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endometriosis

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