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MAPK signaling pathway and endometriosis: what is the link?

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  1. Division of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Moscati Hospital, Via A. Gramsci, 3, 81031, Aversa, Italy

    Raffaella Mormile

  2. Division of Gynecology, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Giorgio Vittori

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Mormile, R., Vittori, G. MAPK signaling pathway and endometriosis: what is the link?. Arch Gynecol Obstet 287, 837–838 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2587-9

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