Clinical Aspects of Cryptogenic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Koga, Kenshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031605143     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.45.105     Document Type: Article

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