Clinicopathological characteristics of surgically resected minute hepatocellular carcinomas

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 498-503

  Maeda, Takashi ^a,b   Takenaka, Kenji ^a   Taguchi, Kenichi ^a   Kajiyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Shirabe, Ken ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033999165     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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