Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 944-952

  Stroffolini, Tommaso ^a   Andreone, Pietro ^e   Andriulli, Angelo ^b   Ascione, Antonio ^c   Craxì, Antonio ^e   Chiaramonte, Maria ^e   Galante, Domenico ^e   Manghisi, Onofrio Giuseppe ^e   Mazzanti, Roberto ^e   Medaglia, Cinzia ^d   Pilleri, Giampaolo ^e   Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico ^e   Simonetti, Rosa Giovanna ^e   Taliani, Gloria ^e   Tosti, Maria Elena ^a   Villa, Erica ^e   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^e   Cappello, Maria ^e   Colombo, Massimo ^e   De Bac, Carlo ^e   Elba, Silvana ^f   Esposito, Patrizia ^e   Giusti, Giuseppe ^e   Mangia, Alessandra ^g   Vian, Alfredo ^e   Albanese, Maddalena ^e   Biselli, Maurizio ^e   Ganga, Enrico ^e   Di Fiore, Giuseppe ^e   Di Costanzo, Giovanni ^e   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e Laboratory of Epidemiology ISS ^*  (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

^g NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HCC; Italy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032404175     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80122-0     Document Type: Article

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