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Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor: comparative genomic hybridization and diagnostic DNA genotyping.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Feb 2009
Xu Mina L, Yang Bin, Carcangiu Maria-Luisa, Hui Pei
Abstract excerpt
Arising from the putative chorionic-type intermediate trophoblast, epithelioid trophoblastic tumor is a recent addition to the spectrum of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Frequently, the tumor involves the uterine cervix and is misdiagnosed as invasive squamous-cell carcinoma. The pathogenesis of the tumor is poorly understood, and its molecular analysis is essentially lacking. This study was designed to...
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