Gestational trophoblastic disease is a disease of the trophoblastic tissue that includes a heterogeneous variety of lesions with variable degree of neoplastic changes, including hydatidiform mole, ...

Molar pregnancy or hydatidiform mole follows abnormal conception resulting in early loss of pregnancy. It occurs due to a problem at the time of conception, when the egg and sperm fuse. Following ...

Researchers have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short ...

A 39-year-old woman, G5P2, initially presented for a routine prenatal visit at 12 weeks gestational age. Serum thyroid function tests obtained as part of her evaluation were thyroid stimulating ...

Short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry have been used by researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions to distinguish hydatidiform moles. Short tandem repeat (STR) ...

November 30, 2011 — Surveillance instead of chemotherapy might be sufficient for women after a molar pregnancy, and would prevent unnecessary exposure to the toxic effects of agents such as ...

From types to symptoms to risk factors, here’s all that you need to know about this rare pregnancy complication. Take a look Molar pregnancy is the rare pregnancy complication which causes abnormal ...

Baltimore, MD – Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. The related ...

A pregnancy that results in the formation of a hydatidiform mole is referred to as a molar pregnancy. A hydatidiform mole is a rapidly growing mass of vesicular tissue inside the uterus without the ...

A hydatidiform mole or vesicular mole results from an abnormality in the chromosomes that fuse to form the zygote, the cell that divides to form an embryo and later a fetus. When the fertilized ovum ...