Comparison of clinical features and survival of patients with hepatitis B- and hepatitis C-associated hepatocellular carcinoma in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Suwangool, Pongspeera ^a   Mahachai, Varocha ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

EID: 0041931048     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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