Ectopic production of human chorionic gonadotropin by synovial sarcoma of the hip

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 2 PART 2, 2013, Pages 468-471

  Stevens, Erin E ^a   Aquino, Jennifer ^a   Barrow, Nekia ^a   Lee, Yi Chun ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873810035     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31826d3121     Document Type: Article

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