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Heterogeneity of IGF-1 Levels in Children with hCG-Induced Precocious Puberty
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2022 Objective. Sex steroid stimulates growth hormone release during puberty. However, the role of IGF-1 levels in human-chorionic-gonadotropin-induced precocious puberty remains unclear. Methods.
Han Chen +3 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder accounts for nearly 90% of all bladder cancers. Risk factors include cigarette smoke, chronic cystitis, and human papilloma virus infection.
Annika Sinha, Betsy Patterson
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Differential diagnosis of elevated human chorionic gonadotropin in women [PDF]
Case Reports in Women's Health, 2023 Anthony Williams
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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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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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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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Human Luteinizing Hormone and Chorionic Gonadotropin Display Biased Agonism at the LH and LH/CG Receptors [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Human luteinizing hormone (LH) and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) have been considered biologically equivalent because of their structural similarities and their binding to the same receptor; the LH/CGR.
Laura Riccetti +8 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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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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