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Extragonadal actions of chorionic gonadotropin
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, 08/22/2011
Banerjee P et al. – A role for hyp–hCG in mediating the development of both trophoblastic and non–trophoblastic tumors has also been suggested. Other significant non–gonadal applications of hCG include predicting preeclampsia, determining the risk of Down’s syndrome and gestational trophoblastic disease, along with relaxing myometrial contractility and preventing recurrent miscarriages.