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Endometriosis: A long‑ignored disease, despite symptoms that can be traced back to ancient times

Intense pelvic pain, severely painful periods, infertility—these symptoms associated with endometriosis appeared in medical texts as far back as antiquity. Yet this disease, which affects 10% of women of reproductive age, long remained ignored. The reason: the long history of medical and social representations of female pain.

Endometriosis: A long‑ignored disease, despite symptoms that can be traced back to ancient times

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