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  • Molar enamel thickness and dentine horn height in Gigantopithecus blacki

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • The Molar Express: A boy and his friends take a magical train trip to visit the Tooth Fairy.

    Style Invitational Week 875: 'Learn From My Fail' life lessons; and puns on movie titles 2010

  • I don't know what the numbers are for miscarriages and stillbirths but 1 in 50 US pregnancies and 1 in 100 UK pregnancies end as Ectopic or Molar, many of whom don't fall into the "standard" causes yet there doesn't seem to be any push in this country to do more research.

    Catchin' the Spirit 2009

  • Molar pregnancies (also called gestational trophoblastic disease and hydatidiform mole) happen when the cells that are supposed to develop into the placenta instead develop into a tumor made of trophoblastic (placental) cells.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Molar pregnancies are treated by a D&C to remove the abnormal tissue and, in rare cases, by chemotherapy to treat any remaining abnormal cells.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • See also March of Dimes Defects Foundation, Quick Reference and Fact Sheets, “Ectopic and Molar Pregnancy” 1999, accessed at www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1189.asp on September 20, 2006.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Molar pregnancies are treated by a D&C to remove the abnormal tissue and, in rare cases, by chemotherapy to treat any remaining abnormal cells.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • GB: Molar + A + O = Three letters from a parallel alphabet.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Lemon Hound 2008

  • Molar pregnancies (also called gestational trophoblastic disease and hydatidiform mole) happen when the cells that are supposed to develop into the placenta instead develop into a tumor made of trophoblastic (placental) cells.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • See also March of Dimes Defects Foundation, Quick Reference and Fact Sheets, “Ectopic and Molar Pregnancy” 1999, accessed at www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1189.asp on September 20, 2006.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

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