Unexpected death due to gestational choriocarcinoma: A report of two cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-390

  Filkins, James A ^a   Kalelkar, Mitra B ^a   Chambliss, Michael J ^b  

^a Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032432078     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199812000-00018     Document Type: Article

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