Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels and liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2452-2456

  Bayati, Nasser ^b   Silverman, Ann L ^b   Gordon, Stuart C ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038023128     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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