A single institution experience with weekly intramuscular methotrexate for nonmetastatic gestational trophoblastic disease

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-294

  Huffman, Mitchel S ^a   Fiorica, James V ^a   Gleeson, Noreen C ^a   Roberts, William S ^a   Cavanagh, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030026097     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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