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RESEARCH LETTER
Life behaviors, educational attainment, and risk for endometriosis: a Mendelian randomization study
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Department of Medical Genetics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, China
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Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, China
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2025-02-20
Final revision date: 2025-07-06
Acceptance date: 2025-07-19
Online publication date: 2025-08-31
Corresponding author
Wenfeng He
Department of Medical Genetics the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University China
Department of Medical Genetics the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University China
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