It is time to change the definition: Endometriosis is no longer a pelvic disease

Affiliations

¹ Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
² Department of Morphology and Genetics, Structural and Functional Biology Graduate Program, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: adella@ohri.ca.

Editorial

Maria Carolina Machado da Silva et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2024.

. 2024 Feb 6:79:100326.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2024.100326. eCollection 2024.

¹ Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
² Department of Morphology and Genetics, Structural and Functional Biology Graduate Program, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: adella@ohri.ca.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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