Twin pregnancy consisting of a complete hydatidiform mole and co-existent fetus: Report of two cases and review of literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Vaisbuch, Edi ^a,b   Ben Arie, Alon ^a,b   Dgani, Ram ^a,b   Perlman, Sharon ^a,b   Sokolovsky, Nadia ^a,b   Hagay, Zion ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Co existing fetus; Complete hydatidiform mole; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROTOXICOSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 20444489903     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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