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Asherman syndrome (AS) was first reported in 1894 by Heinrich Fritz, however it was not until 1948 that Joseph Asherman described the syndrome, frequency, and etiology based on a series of cases of intrauterine adhesions following curettage of a gravid uterus in 29 women with secondary amenorrhea (Asherman 1948; 1950).
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Engelbrechtsen, L., Istre, O. (2015). Asherman Syndrome. In: Istre, O. (eds) Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44059-9_4
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