Acute presentation of choriocarcinoma: A case study and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-114

  Worster, Andrew ^a,c   Sharma, Sangita ^a   Mookadam, Farouk ^b   Opie, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Emergency medicine; Pulse pressure; Shock; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949116130     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500006230     Document Type: Review

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