Characteristic differences of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan, with special reference to liver weight at autopsy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1407-1412

  Horie, Yutaka ^a   Maeda, Naoto ^a   Kawasaki, Hironaka ^a   Suyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver weight, autopsy; Primary liver cancer

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030848652     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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