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Role of benign ovarian cysts in the development of adenomyosis

Sadaf Alam, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad M. Khan, Sabeen Nasir, Naveed Sharif, Sara Ziaullah, Ahmareen Khalid and Fozia Rauf
Saudi Medical Journal September 2016, 37 (9) 963-967; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.9.13599
Sadaf Alam
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, MPhil
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Sajjad Ahmad
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, PhD
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Muhammad M. Khan
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, MPhil
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Sabeen Nasir
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, MPhil
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Naveed Sharif
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, MPhil
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Sara Ziaullah
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, MPhil
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Ahmareen Khalid
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
MBBS, FCPS
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Fozia Rauf
From the Department of Pathology (Alam, Ahmad, Khan, Nasir, Sharif, Ziaullah, Rauf), Peshawar Medical College, Riphah International University, and (Khalid), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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