Clinical significance of elevated α-fetoprotein in adults and children

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1709-1713

  Kashyap, R ^a   Jain, A ^a   Nalesnik, M ^a   Carr, B ^a   Barnes, J ^a   Vargas, H E ^b   Rakela, J ^b   Fung, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver disease; Malignancy; fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034908179     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010605621406     Document Type: Article

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