Reply of the Authors: The Waldo of fibroids under the microscope: fumarate hydratase-deficient leiomyomata

Affiliations

¹ Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Reproductive Medicine and In Vitro Fertilization, Massachusetts General Fertility Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Greysha Rivera-Cruz et al. F S Rep. 2022.

. 2022 May 5;3(2):174.

doi: 10.1016/j.xfre.2022.04.007. eCollection 2022 Jun.

¹ Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Reproductive Medicine and In Vitro Fertilization, Massachusetts General Fertility Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

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