Title |
Hydatidiform mole resulting from sexual violence
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Published in |
International Archives of Medicine, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1755-7682-5-8 |
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Authors |
Jefferson Drezett, Flavia Cella Kurobe, Cecília Tomiko Nobumoto, Daniela Pedroso, Marcia Blake, Vitor E Valenti, Luiz Carlos M Vanderlei, Fernando Adami, Franciele M Vanderlei, Sandra Dircinha Teixeira de Araujo Moraes, Maria Auxiliadora F Vertamatti, Alberto OA Reis, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Renata C Rossi, Luiz Carlos de Abreu |
Abstract |
Hydatidiform mole (HM) is characterized by abnormal proliferation of human trophoblast with producers functioning tissues of human chorionic gonadotropin. It can evolve with ovarian cysts tecaluteínicos, hypertension of pregnancy or hyperthyroidism. The incidence of HM is variable and its etiology poorly known, associated with nutritional factors, environmental, age, parity, history of HM, oral contraceptives, smoking, consanguinity or defects in germ cells. There is no reference in literature on HM resulting from sexual violence, objective of this report. |
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United States | 2 | 50% |
Brazil | 1 | 25% |
India | 1 | 25% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 5 | 19% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 7% |
Other | 4 | 15% |
Unknown | 7 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 30% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 22% |
Psychology | 5 | 19% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
Neuroscience | 1 | 4% |
Other | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 5 | 19% |