Ultrasound follow-up of patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a prospective study on 360 cases

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1189-1194

  Solmi, Luigi ^a   Primerano, Anna Maria Manila ^a   Gandolfi, Lionello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029946856     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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