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Beta hcg,serum by clia :increased in pregnancy,gestational trophoblastic tumors, benign or malignant.it means?

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

B-HCG: This sounds like the lab is simply mentioning all the cases/causes that a Positive B-HCG test could be from. The most likely is of course Pregnancy. If a person is not pregnant with a with a positive B-HCG than they need to investigate other reasons.

Answered 7/8/2014

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