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https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-4-117-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-4-117-2017
Research article
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22 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2017

Spontaneous endometriosis in rhesus macaques: evidence for a genetic association with specific Mamu-A1 alleles

Ivanela Kondova, Gerco Braskamp, Peter J. Heidt, Wim Collignon, Tom Haaksma, Nanine de Groot, Nel Otting, Gaby Doxiadis, Susan V. Westmoreland, Eric J. Vallender, and Ronald E. Bontrop

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