Human chorionic gonadotropin-induced hyperthyroidism in germ cell cancer - A case presentation and review of the literature

Onkologie

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 330-334

  Voigt, W ^a   Maher, G ^a   Wolf, H H ^a   Schmoll, H J ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hCG; Germ cell cancer; Hyperthyroidism

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 34249951658     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101524     Document Type: Review

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