Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma - A series of 7 cases

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 494-496

  Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   Mehta, Jay ^a   Deshpande, Jaya ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Extra genital choriocarcinoma; Lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RARE DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; URINE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644674736     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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