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n. - The presence of mucous membrane elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus.

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  • Dangerous Periods: When endometriosis is extreme posted by sydney on
  • Griffith also hopes the new center will help raise awareness of endometriosis, which is often misdiagnosed.
  • For those of you who don't know, endometriosis occurs when the cells that line the uterus grow outside the uterus too.
  • IL-1R2, the decoy form of the receptor has also been identified as deficient in human endometriosis, which is thought to be an IL-1β-induced pathology
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