Following metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor with urine β- core fragment

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 302-303

  Rinne, Kirsi ^a   Shahabi, Shohreh ^a   Cole, Laurence ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Placental site trophoblastic tumor; Tumor marker; core fragment; HCG

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; PLATINUM; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0032794849     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5438     Document Type: Article

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