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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of Veria, Veria, Greece

    Konstantinos A. Zorbas

  2. Society of Junior Doctors, Athens, Greece

    Konstantinos A. Zorbas & Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

  3. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 101 Merrimac Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

  4. Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

    Nikos F. Vlahos

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Zorbas, K.A., Economopoulos, K.P. & Vlahos, N.F. Reply to: Continuous or cyclic contraceptives for endometriosis: a question still without an answer. Arch Gynecol Obstet 292, 483–484 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-015-3781-3

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