1.   Authorities also are concerned that a cluster of molar pregnancies might extend beyond the reservation.

2.   Benirschke says the incidence of molar pregnancies varies by race and runs much higher among Asians.

3.   After the abnormal tissue in a molar pregnancy is removed, the level of hCG goes down.

4.   Aguinaldo experienced a molar pregnancy - a gestation that usually produces only placental tissue and no fetus - and in addition she faced the threat of cancer.

5.   All residents are trained for those circumstances, as well as second-trimester fetal deaths, molar pregnancies and the performance of fetal diagnostic procedures.

6.   If all those were molar pregnancies, it would be roughly the number one might expect for the entire state.

7.   In about one case in five, a molar pregnancy turns into a trophoblastic malignancy.

8.   Last year, there were seven miscarriages, one molar pregnancy and one successful birth among the reservation community.

9.   Like miscarriages and Down syndrome babies, molar pregnancies are far more common among older women, probably because aging eggs are more prone to genetic errors.

10.   Rather, CDC scientists are gathering information on pregnancies in the area to determine whether the miscarriages and molar pregnancies are simply random or something more sinister.