Gestational trophoblastic disease epidemiology and trends

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 541-556

  Smith, Harriet O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL AGE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TECHNOLOGY; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0141787127     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200309000-00006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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