Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia in American Indians

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 535-544

  Smith, Harriet O ^a   Qualls, Clifford R ^a   Hilgers, Robert D ^a   Verschraegen, Claire F ^a   Rayburn, William F ^a   Cole, Laurence W ^a   Padilla, Luis A ^a   Key, Charles R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics ^*

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Indians, North American; Trophoblastic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANCER RISK; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NEW MEXICO; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242722216     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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