Is it time for a paradigm shift in drug research and development in endometriosis/adenomyosis?

Human Reproduction Update - Tập 24 Số 5 - Trang 577-598 - 2018
Sun‐Wei Guo1,2, Patrick G. Groothuis3
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine-Related Diseases, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2Shanghai OB/GYN Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
3Principal Scientist Pharmacology, Preclinical Department, Synthon Biopharmaceuticals bv, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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