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Choriocarcinoma in Women: Analysis of a Case Series With Genotyping.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Dec 2017
Savage Johanna, Adams Emily, Veras Emanuela, Murphy Kathleen M, Ronnett Brigitte M
Abstract excerpt
Choriocarcinoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm, which can be either gestational or nongestational in origin. Distinction of these subtypes has prognostic and therapeutic implications. Twenty-two tumors were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction amplification of 15 short tandem repeat loci and the amelogenin locus (XY determination). DNA patterns from tumor and maternal tissue, as well as villous tissue...
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