Hepatocellular carcinoma is rarely present in Western Mexico

Hepatology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-35

  Vivas Arceo, Cecilia ^a,b   Bastidas Ramírez, Blanca E ^b   Panduro, Arturo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Albumin mRNA; Cancer; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032747623     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(99)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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