Radiology of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Allen, S D ^a   Lim, A K ^a   Seckl, M J ^a   Blunt, D M ^a   Mitchell, A W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYANOACRYLATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINA DISEASE;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644950440     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.12.003     Document Type: Review

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