Hematogenous spreading of hepatocellular carcinoma cells: Possible participation in recurrence in the liver

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 564-568

  Funaki, Naomi Omichi ^a   Tanaka, Junji ^a,b   Seto, Shin Ichi ^a   Kasamatsu, Takayuki ^a   Kaido, Toshimi ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Medical Center for Adult Diseases   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031051106     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250312     Document Type: Article

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