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Peritoneal bacteria contamination and endometriosis pathogenesis

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  1. Gynaecological Oncology Department, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

    Christos Iavazzo

  2. Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Nikolaos Vrachnis

  3. Athens Colorectal Laboratory, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis D. Gkegkes

  4. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, 17c James House, Residential Village, Bovemoors Lane, Exeter, EX2 5DS, UK

    Ioannis D. Gkegkes

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CI: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, manuscript editing. NV: project development, data collection, manuscript writing. IDG: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, manuscript editing.

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Iavazzo, C., Vrachnis, N. & Gkegkes, I.D. Peritoneal bacteria contamination and endometriosis pathogenesis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 221–222 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06467-7

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