BACKGROUND: Hydatidiform mole is a gestational trophoblastic disease characterized by proliferation of the pregnancy-associated trophoblastic tissue. Complete hydatidiform mole is an entirely paternally derived lesion, and therefore, represents complete intrauterine allograft that can induce an altered maternal immune response Hypothesis: Here, we hypothesize that "the development of hydatidiform moles is associated with numeric alterations of the decidual immune cell infiltrate. ...
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