Hepatocellular carcinoma: A concise guide to its status and management

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 117-124

  Ulmer, Scott C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 0034194594     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2000.5.1.1062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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