Phantom hCG and phantom choriocarcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Cole, Laurence A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

EID: 0032213034     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5181     Document Type: Article

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