A Collaborative Study for the Evaluation of Lectin-Reactive α-Fetoproteins in Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1993, Pages 5419-5423

  Taketa, Kazuhisa ^a   Endo, Yasuo ^b   Sekiya, Chihiro ^c   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^d   Koji, Toshihiko ^e   Taga, Hiroko ^f   Satomura, Shinji ^f   Matsuura, Shuji ^f   Kawai, Tadashi ^g   Hirai, Hidematsu ^h  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Sanraku Hospital   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Found for Basic Res of Oncology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; LECTINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 0027422524     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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