Uterine leiomyoma is associated with the risk of developing endometriosis: A nationwide cohort study involving 156,195 women

• Kent Yu-Hsien Lin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children’s Health, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ryde Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Chih-Yi Yang ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0002-3208

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• Alan Lam,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision

  Affiliation Centre for Advanced Reproductive Endosurgery, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Cherry Yin-Yi Chang ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d4754@mailcmuh.org.tw (CYYC); CMUHLinwuchou@hotmail.com (WCL)

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wu-Chou Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d4754@mailcmuh.org.tw (CYYC); CMUHLinwuchou@hotmail.com (WCL)

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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