Placental site trophoblastic tumor: Molecular analysis and clinical experience

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 897-902

  Bower, M ^a   Paradinas, F J ^a   Fisher, R A ^a   Nicholson, S K ^a   Rustin, G J S ^a   Begent, R H J ^a   Bagshawe, K D ^a   Newlands, E S ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029996556     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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