Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - Which Other Women Should Also Undergo HCG Testing

Which Other Women Should Also Undergo HCG Testing

Women with persistent abnormal vaginal bleeding after any pregnancy, and women developing acute respiratory or neurological symptoms after any pregnancy, should also undergo hCG testing, because these may be signs of a hitherto undiagnosed GTD.

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