Erythrocytosis in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and alcoholic liver cirrhosis: Ectopic production of erythropoietin;Eritrocitosi in paziente con epatocarcinoma su cirrosi alcoolica: Produzione ectopica di eritropoietina?

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 250-252

  Giovanardi, Paolo ^a,c   Sacchetti, Carla ^b   Cameroni, Paola ^b   Grandi, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erythrocytosis; Erythropoietin; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; POLYCYTHEMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYCYTHEMIA;

EID: 0032061685     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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