This case-control study investigated the association between molar pregnancy and husband's work. In the analysis, cases were 30 women with complete mole and controls were 30 matched women with term pregnancies. The husband's of cases were more likely to have occupations involving physical work than non-physical work and this physical work more usually involved exposure to soil and dust. Among a...

UNLABELLED This study aimed at investigating ultrasonographic features of partial hydatidiform mole to establish a proper diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 70 pregnancies which were divided into two groups: group I--35 pregnant women with a molar pregnancy diagnosed in the first trimester; group II--35 pregnant women with physiological pregnancy spontaneously a...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to record the incidence of treatment for infertility prior to development of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective analysis was undertaken of 231 consecutive women receiving chemotherapy for persistent GTD at Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, from 1991 to 2001. Three patients in this group had received treatment for inf...