Primary liver cancer in two sisters in Holland with intermittent acute porphyria

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-732

  Dean, G ^a   Freestone, M ^b   Van Den Berg, J P ^c   Coenen, J L M ^a  

^a HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^b Ziekenhuis ^*

^c Sophia Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; SIBLING; SOUTH AFRICA;

BARBITURATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030856938     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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