Aberrant uterine leiomyomas with extrauterine manifestation: intravenous leiomyomatosis and benign metastasizing leiomyomas
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عنوان ژورنال: Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2287-8572,2287-8580
DOI: 10.5468/ogs.2018.61.4.509