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Involvement of IGF2 and H19 imprinting in choriocarcinoma development.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 1 Apr 1998
Wake N, Arima T, Matsuda T
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Complete hydatidiform mole is an abnormal pregnancy characterized by grossly swollen villi in the absence of a fetus (Kajii and Ohama 1997, Wake et al., 1978, Jacobs et al., 1980). It is well known that this abnormal pregnancy product is androgenetic in origin. The entire genome of the molar conceptus is paternally derived. The majority of moles result from fertilization of an empty egg by haploid sperm. The...
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