Establishment and characterization of four human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines containing hepatitis B virus DNA

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Ku, Ja Lok ^a   Park, Young Jin ^a,b   Lee, Kuhn Uk ^b   Kim, Woo Ho ^b   Park, Jae Gahb ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, hepatocellular; Cell line; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis x antigen; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001723767     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v5.i4.289     Document Type: Article

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