Hepatocellular carcinoma in italian patients with cirrhosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 675-680

  Colombo, Massimo ^a   de Franchis, Roberto ^a   Del Ninno, Ersilio ^a   Sangiovanni, Angelo ^a   de Fazio, Cristina ^a   Tommasini, Maurizio ^a   Donato, M Francesca ^a   Piva, Anna ^a   Dioguardi, Nicola ^a   di Carlo, Valerio ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0025887360     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199109053251002     Document Type: Article

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