Major basic protein as a marker of malignant potential in trophoblastic neoplasia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 632-637

  Gurian, Karen V ^a,b   Podratz, Earl C ^a   Elg, Steven A ^c   Twiggs, Leo B ^c   Lurain, John R ^d   Wagner, Jill M ^b   Gleich, Gerald J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Major basic protein; Mole; Trophoblastic disease

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CYTOTOXICITY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STEM CELL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

BLOOD PROTEINS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; PREGNANCY; RIBONUCLEASES; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029851445     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74413     Document Type: Article

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