Volume 51, Number 12, December2006

  Editorial
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A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
 
 
 
  Symposium
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Histopathologic and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Blood Vessels in Complete and Partial Hydatidiform Mole
Sonia Mar�a Dickson-Gonz�lez, M.D., Victoria Garc�a de Barriola, M.D., Rosa Ang�lica Barbella-Aponte, M.D., Lina Figueira, M.D., Rafael Cort�s-Charry, M.D., and Miriam Naranjo de G�mez, M.D.
Using CD34 immunostain, blood vessels were found at complete and partial hydatidiform moles, without significant differences between them.
 
 
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Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics and Prognosis of Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor
Jun Zhao, M.D., Yang Xiang, M.D., Xi Rum Wan, M.D., Quan Cai Cui, M.D., and Xiu Yu Yang, M.D.
Since PSTT is an uncommon disease, knowledge of its biologic behavior is limited, and some problems with therapy and prognosis are evolving.
 
 
  Original Articles
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Observational Comparison of Abdominal, Vaginal and Laparoscopic Hysterectomy as Performed at a University Teaching Hospital
Allam Abdelmonem, M.D., Heather Wilson, M.D., and Resad Pasic, M.D., Ph.D.
The vaginal and laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy is rapidly decreasing the abdominal approach.
 
 
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From Antepartum to Postpartum: A Prospective Study on the Prevalence of Peripartum Depression in a Semiurban Turkish Community
Leyla Gulseren, M.D., Almila Erol, M.D., Seref Gulseren, M.D., Levent Kuey, M.D., Bulent Kilic, M.D., and Gul Ergor, M.D.
Antepartum depression is prevalent and a risk factor for postpartum depression.