False-negative pregnancy test in hydatidiform mole [12]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1616-1618

  Er, Tze Kiong ^a   Jong, Yuh Jyh ^a   Tsai, Eing Mei ^b   Huang, Chi Lin ^a   Chou, Hui Wen ^a   Zheng, Bing Hong ^a   Tsai, Li Yu ^a,c,d  

^a Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYZER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SYMPTOM; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

EID: 33746590686     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.068056     Document Type: Letter

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