Fertility-sparing surgery for persistent gestational trophoblastic neoplasia in the myometrium: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 431-434

  Rojas Espaillat, Luis ^b   Houck, Karen L ^b   Hernandez, Enrique ^a   Berkowitz, Ross S ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasms; Myometrium; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249044775     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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