Extragonadal nongestational choriocarcinoma involving the lung: A report of three cases

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Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-253

  Aparicio, Jorge ^a   Oltra, Amparo ^a   Martinez Moragon, Eva ^a   Llorca, Cristina ^a   Gdmez Aldaravi, Lorenzo ^a   Pastor, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Extragonadal germ cell tumor; Lung choriocarcinoma; Nongestational choriocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029943681     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196555     Document Type: Article

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