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Section 2 - Menstrual Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

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Charles Savona-Ventura ,
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Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
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Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
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University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
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University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
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