Implications of serum basic fibroblast growth factor levels in chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2803-2809

  Hsu, Ping I ^a   Chow, Nan Haw ^b   Lai, Kwok Hung ^a   Yang, Hsiao Bai ^b   Chan, Shih Huang ^c   Lin, X I Zhang ^b   Cheng, Jin Shiung ^a   Huang, Jia Sheng ^a   Ger, Luo Ping ^a   Huang, Shih Min ^b   Yen, Muh Yong ^a   Yang, Yun Fu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030792419     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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