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This chapter covers a variety of hormone-related changes of the endometrium, including pregnancy-related alterations, the effects of exogenous hormones, the pathology of dysfunctional uterine bleeding related to estrogen and progesterone, and the pathologic assessment of hyperplasias and carcinoma after hormonal treatments.
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Fadare, O., Roma, A.A. (2019). Functional Disorders, Pregnancy, and Hormone-Related Changes of the Endometrium. In: Atlas of Uterine Pathology. Atlas of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17931-1_7
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