Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 25, 1993, Pages 1797-1801

  Tsukuma, Hideaki ^a   Hiyama, Tomohiko ^b   Tanaka, Sachiko ^b   Nakao, Miho ^b   Yabuuchi, Takako ^b   Kitamura, Tsugio ^b   Nakanishi, Katsumi ^b   Fujimoto, Isaburo ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^b   Yamazaki, Hideo ^c   Kawashima, Teruaki ^b  

^a Department of Field Research ^*  (Japan)

^b Research Institute and Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^c Osaka Cancer Prevention and Detection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0027243462     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199306243282501     Document Type: Article

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