Serum hepatocyte growth factor before and after resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1842-1847

  Hu, Rey Heng ^b   Lee, Po Huang ^c   Yu, Sen Chang ^c   Sheu, Jin Chuan ^c   Lai, Ming Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032809874     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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