Secretion of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin by non-small cell lung cancer: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khattri, Saakshi ^a   Vivekanandarajah, Abhirami ^a   Varma, Seema ^a   Kong, Frank ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; PROTEIN P63; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLONOSCOPY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79951514695     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-19     Document Type: Article

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