Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma without preoperative tumor biopsy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-209

  Levy, Izhar ^a,b   Greig, Paul D ^a   Gallinger, Steven ^c,d   Langer, Bernard ^a   Sherman, Morris ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0034898897     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200108000-00010     Document Type: Article

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