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A summery several articles supports a slight to moderate risk of endometriosis in those women using an IUD longer than 5 years and a significant risk in the proliferation of extra-uterine endometrial tissue in those women on birth contol pills and potentially a carryover to later births where latant endometrial cells may be transferred to the feotus. This last statement is only theory at this stage but brought about by the incidence endometrial tissue in premenses adolescents.

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