Detection of MAGE-4 protein in the sera of patients with hepatitis-C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 915-918

  Tsuzurahara, Shin Ichi ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Iwamoto, Osamu ^a   Shichijo, Shigeki ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a   Itoh, Kyogo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis c virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; MAGE 4 protein

Indexed keywords

TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0030694205     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00469.x     Document Type: Article

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