Acute hepatic porphyrias and primary liver cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 1853-1854

  Andant, Christophe ^a,b   Puy, Hervé ^a,b   Faivre, Jean ^a,b   Deybach, Jean Charles ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIAS, HEPATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032543662     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/nejm199806183382518     Document Type: Article

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