Double cancer of the stomach, one AFP-producing tumor

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 851-854

  Hyodo, Takafumi ^a   Kawamoto, Ryuichi ^a  

^a Nomura Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP subfractions; AFP producing gastric cancer; Hepatoid differentiation; Liver metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030468817     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358614     Document Type: Article

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