Analysis of background factors and evaluation of a population at high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

Intervirology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-156

  Miyazawa, Kouji ^a   Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Mikuni, Morio ^a   Matsumura, Hiroshi ^a   Aoki, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Toshihiro ^a   Yamagami, Hiroaki ^a   Kaneko, Miki ^a   Shioda, Atsuo ^a   Tanaka, Naohide ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Non B; Non C hepatitis; Platelet count

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON B NON C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RISK FACTORS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0042743995     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071455     Document Type: Article

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