Secretion of hCG/β-hCG by squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in a 31-year-old female smoker

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-166

  Yoshida, Junji ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuyo ^a   Takahashi, Kenro ^a   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Lung; Smoker; Squamous cell carcinoma; Young woman

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; THORAX PAIN; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034033667     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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