The clinical behavior of placental site trophoblastic tumor and contemporary methods of management

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 607-611

  Dainty, Louis A ^a   Winter III, William E ^a   Maxwell, G Larry ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; THORACOTOMY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PREGNANCY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141563784     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200309000-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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