Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma: Cynical or angelical?;Dépistage du carcinome hépatocellulaire: Entre cynisme et angélisme?

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 525-527

  Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a Div Gastroenterol d'Hepatologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038340890     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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