gestational trophoblastic diseases
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gestational trophoblastic disorders, GTDs
Gestational trophoblastic disease encompasses several disease processes that originate in the placenta. These include complete and partial moles, placental site trophoblastic tumors, choriocarcinomas, invasive moles, epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT).
Types
hydatiform mole
- complete hydatiform mole
- partial hydatiform mole
- invasive hydatiform mole
placental site trophoblastic tumors
choriocarcinomas
epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT)
References
trophoblastic
Li HW, Tsao SW, Cheung AN. Current understandings of the molecular genetics of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Placenta. 2002 Jan;23(1):20-31. PMID: 11869089