Molar pregnancy and risk for cancer in women and their male partners

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 630-634

  Olsen, Jørgen H ^a   Mellemkjaer, Lene ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^b   Brinton, Louise ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Kjaer, Susanne Krüger ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Gestational choriocarcinoma; Hydatidiform mole; Maternal cancer; Paternal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032866789     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70504-1     Document Type: Article

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