Hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis of 76 cases

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Butt, Arshad K ^a   Khan, Anwaar A ^a   Alam, Altaf ^a   Ahmad, Shafiq ^a   Shah, S Waqar H ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Naqvi, Altaf Baqir ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASCITES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; JAUNDICE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032106221     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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