Ultrasonography and alpha-fetoprotein in diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 47-51

  Maringhini, Alberto ^a,b   Cottone, Mario ^a,b   Sciarrino, Elio ^a,b   MarcenÒ, Maria Pia ^a,b   La Seta, Francesco ^a,b   Fusco, Giorgio ^a,b   Rinaldi, Fortunato ^a,b   Pagliaro, Luigi ^a,b  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

alpha fetoprotein; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; ultrasonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023950388     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01536630     Document Type: Article

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