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Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1973 Publisher Summary This chapter discusses human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), the placental glycoprotein hormone. This hormone, produced by the cytotrophoblast, is comparable in biological action to pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) or interstitial cell stimulating hormone (ICSH).
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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023 Background The pineal lesion affecting melatonin is a rare cause of central precocious puberty by decreasing the inhibition of hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis.
Han Chen, Cai-Yan Mo, Li-yong Zhong
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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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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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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background This study aimed at determining the predictive value of human chorionic gonadotropin and progesterone levels on pregnancy outcomes in patients receiving in vitro fertilization due to fallopian tube associated infertility.
Wenjia Bo +4 more
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Al-Kitab Journal for Pure Sciences, 2023 Preterm labor is known as delivery prior to 37 completed weeks of gestation. Because 10% of total labors are preterm and 70% of neonatal mortality is caused by this problem, preterm labor is a significant problem in obstetrics, pediatrics & midwifery ...
Warqaa Wathiq, Masryia Rashad Hassein
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Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research, 2020 Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a human pregnancy hormone that plays a crucial role in the promotion, maintenance, and establishment of pregnancy. Measurement of hCG in early pregnancy is the first and most common test.
Falah H.O Al-Khikani, Bashar J Kadem
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Cesarean scar pregnancy treatment: a case series
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Cesarean scar pregnancy is a complicated and potentially life-threatening type of ectopic pregnancy. This study reports two women with cesarean scar pregnancy who were successfully treated with systemic methotrexate administration, and two ...
Zahra Heidar +5 more
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Variation in the Thyrotropic Activity of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Arises from Differential Expression of the Human Thyrotropin Receptor and Microheterogeneity of the Hormone. [PDF]
, 1995 The role of hCG as a stimulator of the human thyroid has been a subject of controversy, because discrepant results have been obtained in different in vitro assays.
Amir, S.M. +4 more
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