Is genetic analysis useful in the routine management of hydatidiform mole?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-249

  Petignat, Patrick ^a   Billieux, Marie Hélène ^a   Blouin, Jean Louis ^a   Dahoun, Sophie ^a   Vassilakos, Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complete hydatidiform mole; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Partial hydatidiform mole; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRIPLOIDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037328906     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg091     Document Type: Review

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