Complete hydatidiform mole in women older than age 50

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 208-212

  Elias, Kevin M ^a   Goldstein, Donald P ^b   Berkowitz, Ross S ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New England Trophoblastic Disease Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Complete hydatidiform mole; Gestational trophoblastic disease

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUATION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957676329     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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