Exclusion of pregnancy in dialysis patients: diagnostic performance of human chorionic gonadotropin
BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background A positive pregnancy test in acute or chronically ill patients has implications for the use of potentially mutagenic or teratogenic products in urgent medical therapies such as the use of chemotherapies or therapies with immunosuppressants ...
Natalja Haninger-Vacariu +9 more
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Urothelial carcinoma of the prostate with raised β-hCG levels: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Trophoblastic differentiation in primary urothelial carcinoma of the prostate is extremely rare. An increased level of β-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin in serum in urothelial carcinoma is detected in approximately 30% of cases.
Julia Sołek +5 more
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Cancer, 1976 One of the most exciting and useful developments in modern oncology has been the recognition that certain biochemical tags can be used as cell markers in diagnosis, in monitoring the effects of anti-tumor therapy, and in follow-up to detect tumor recurrence. The measurement of chorionic gonadotropin (CG) in women with choriocarcinoma and/or gestational
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Exploring the Chemical Space of Protein Glycosylation in Noncovalent Protein Complexes: An Expedition Along Different Structural Levels of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Employing Mass Spectrometry [PDF]
, 2021 Exploration of a highly glycosylated non-covalent protein comples by mass spectreometry is a challenging task due to isobarisicy of the majority of glycoforms.
Maximilian, Lebede +5 more
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A study of hyperovulation using follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and equine chorionic gonadotropin (ECG) in Awassi ewes. [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2009 The present study aimed to evaluate hyperovulation using FSH and equine chorionic gonadotropin (ECG) during the breeding season and off-season of Awassi sheep.
Osama Ibrahim Azawi and Muzahim Khader Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Mawla
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) serves as one of the first signals provided by the embryo to the mother. Exactly at the time when the first step of the implantation process is initiated and the blastocyst adheres to the maternal endometrium, the ...
A. Schumacher, A. Zenclussen
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Misdiagnosis of epithelioid trophoblastic tumors: a case report and literature review
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Background: The most common clinical types of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia are invasive hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma, which can be diagnosed without pathology, and be cured by chemotherapy.
Tao Zhou +7 more
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Horse Welfare During Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin (eCG) Production
Animals, 2019 Simple Summary Equine chorionic gonadotropin or eCG is an important hormone produced by the placenta of pregnant mares and extracted from the blood of these same mares.
Xavier Manteca Vilanova +3 more
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Differential expression and functional characterization of luteinizing hormone receptor splice variants in human luteal cells : Implications for luteolysis [PDF]
, 2009 The human LH receptor (LHR) plays a key role in luteal function and the establishment of pregnancy through its interaction with the gonadotropins LH and human chorionic gonadotropin.
Dickinson, Rachel E +5 more
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Stimulation of hCG protein and mRNA in first trimester villous cytotrophoblast cells in vitro by glycodelin A [PDF]
, 2005 Aim: Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced by fetal trophoblast cells and secreted into maternal circulation mainly in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Richter, Dagmar-Ulrike +15 more
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