A clinical study of lectin-reactive alpha-fetoprotein as an early indicator of hepatocellular carcinoma in the follow-up of cirrhotic patients

Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 802-807

  Shiraki, Katsuya ^a   Takase, Koujirou ^a   Tameda, Yukihiko ^a   Hamada, Minoru ^a   Kosaka, Yoshitane ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; LECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LECTIN BINDING SITE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LECTINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029099151     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90300-3     Document Type: Article

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