Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (definition)

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Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

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Definition: A group of diseases arising from pregnancy that are commonly associated with hyperplasia of trophoblasts (TROPHOBLAST) and markedly elevated human CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN. They include HYDATIDIFORM MOLE, invasive mole (HYDATIDIFORM MOLE, INVASIVE), placental-site trophoblastic tumor (TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE), and CHORIOCARCINOMA. These neoplasms have varying propensities for invasion and spread.

Examples Choriocarcinoma; Hydatidiform Mole

Other names Trophoblastic Neoplasm, Gestational; Trophoblastic Neoplasia, Gestational; Trophoblastic Diseases, Gestational; Trophoblastic Disease, Gestational; Neoplasms, Gestational Trophoblastic; Neoplasm, Gestational Trophoblastic; Neoplasia, Gestational Trophoblastic; Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm; Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases; Diseases, Gestational Trophoblastic; Disease, Gestational Trophoblastic; Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia; Trophoblastic Neoplasms, Gestational; Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
FTL protein, human	0	*Apoferritins Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.	Cancer 2005 Dec 1;104(11):2409-16

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