Recurrent placental site trophoblastic tumor of the uterus: Clinical, pathologic, ultrastructural, and DNA fingerprint study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Kodama, Shoji ^b   Kase, Hiroaki ^a   Aoki, Youich ^a   Yahata, Tetsuro ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Motoyama, Teiichi ^a   Dewa, Kohji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CYST; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0030060334     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0016     Document Type: Article

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