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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 364508, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/364508
Research Article

Lack of a Y-Chromosomal Complement in the Majority of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms

Kai Lee Yap,1,2 Michael J. Hafez,1 Tsui-Lien Mao,3 Robert J. Kurman,1,4 Kathleen M. Murphy,1 and Ie-Ming Shih1,2,4

1Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
2Pathobiology Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
3Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
4Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA

Received 16 December 2009; Accepted 4 January 2010

Academic Editor: Tian-Li Wang

Copyright © 2010 Kai Lee Yap et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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