Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 410-414

  Misawa, Kazuhito ^a,c   Hata, Yosinobu ^a   Manabe, Kunihiko ^a   Matsuoka, Shinichi ^a   Saito, Masanobu ^a,b   Takada, Joji ^a,b   Sano, Fumio ^a  

^a Sapporo Social Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shiritsu Sapporo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032791259     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050285     Document Type: Article

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