Nongestational choriocarcinoma in the postpartum period: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Suryanarayan, Kaveri ^a   O'Hanlan, Katherine A ^a,d   Surti, Urvashi ^b,c   Ishwad, Chandra S ^b   Nowels, Kent ^a   Letourneau, Donna ^a   Marina, Neyssa ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Germ cell tumor; Gestational; Molecular analysis; Nongestational; Oncology; PCR

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031947524     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199803000-00017     Document Type: Article

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