CSF/serum β-hCG ratio in patients with brain metastases of gestational trophoblastic tumor

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 94-96

  Bakri, Younes ^b   Al Hawashim, Nadia ^a   Berkowitz, Ross ^b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Gonadotropins, chorionic, human beta subunit; Metastasis; Trophoblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN METASTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034003030     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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