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S~mrn progesterone :(‘a.\ assaTed by the mnpetitive proteit/-binding tee hrtiyuc~ /n 20 (‘a~(‘.\ of’gestational choriararcinoma nttd one CU.SP uf r~ongestationul chorioc~~r~ino?~~a. Serum humarl chorionirgonadotropin (HCG) alas ,s~multanuous!\. wasur-pcl,from t/w .savw blood .~unpl~s b? the hcmaggh~tinatic~n-i,zhibitiof, trc,hniqu. Serum proLgrJtero)rr in c,horiorur~inotrla ranged from 1.3 to 182.9 ng. per milliliter uith a mean t .\/anda~-d Srram HCG ranged from 0.6 to error of the mea)1 of 36.i t 10.2 ng. p I’ r milliliter. 1,280 I. IL per milliliter-. In 11 putierlts ulith rhorioc~arc invma, serum ProgecterorLr lezv4s ore indisthlguishable f~-om ‘IYI~UFS obtaimd durirlg the luteal pha.ce of‘ th rtor-mu1 m

Serum progesterone and serum human chorionic gonadotropin in gestational and nongestational choriocarcinoma.

Serum progesterone was assayed by the competitive protein-binding technique in 20 cases of gestational choriocarcinoma and one case of nongestational ...
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