Frequent expression of β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-386

  Hameed, Arif ^a   Miller, David S ^a   Muller, Carolyn Y ^a   Coleman, Robert L ^a   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Squamous cell carcinoma; Uterine cervix; hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0032833346     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199910000-00014     Document Type: Article

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