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The long and difficult path to diagnose endometriosis

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Despite impacting over 190 million women worldwide, endometriosis is poorly understood and underdiagnosed. It takes an average of 7 and a half years for someone to get a diagnosis. In this second episode of a three-part series, we explain why endometriosis is so hard to diagnose. Even the experts don’t know what causes it.


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By Marianne Murat

Presented by Sunita Pokharel

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Despite impacting over 190 million women worldwide, endometriosis is poorly understood and underdiagnosed. It takes an average of 7 and a half years for someone to get a diagnosis. In this second episode of a three-part series, we explain why endometriosis is so hard to diagnose. Even the experts don’t know what causes it.



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