Hepatocellular carcinoma with obstructive jaundice: Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-391

  Qin, Lun Xiu ^a   Tang, Zhao You ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ANAMNESIS; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BLOOD CLOT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEMOBILIA; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUS; REVIEW; STANDARD; STENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 0037348190     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i3.385     Document Type: Review

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