A case of seminoma with a low level positive of serum hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) β considered as false positive hCGβ

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 804-808

  Hattori, Yusuke ^a   Takizawa, Akitoshi ^a   Kishida, Takeshi ^a   Fujikawa, Naoya ^a   Teranishi, Jyunichi ^a   Kondo, Keiichi ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a   Noguchi, Kazumi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin ; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REMISSION; SCROTAL SWELLING; SEMINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33750339774     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.97.804     Document Type: Article

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