Prospective randomized controlled trial comparing percutaneous acetic acid injection and percutaneous ethanol injection for small hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Ohnishi, K ^a   Yoshioka, H ^a   Ito, S ^a   Fujiwara, K ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; KILLER CELL; LIVER CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031962297     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270112     Document Type: Article

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