Ectopic production and localization of β-human chorionic gonadotropin in lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the cervix: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-182

  Coleman, Robert L ^a   Lindberg, Guy ^a   Muller, Carolyn Y ^a   Miller, David S ^a   Hameed, Arif ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; Uterine cervix; hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034001265     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-200004000-00014     Document Type: Article

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