Conception without the development of a human being

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-177

  Hauzman, Erik E ^a   Papp, Zoltán ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Beginning of human life; Conception; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Human being; Hydatidiform mole; Imprinting; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL GROWTH; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

DERMOID CYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; TERATOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40549109927     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.028     Document Type: Note

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