Gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma and familial investigation: Does it always produce alpha-fetoprotein?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1241-1244

  Trompetas, Vasilis ^a,b   Varsamidakis, Nicholas ^a   Frangia, Konstantina ^a   Polimeropoulos, Vasilis ^a   Kalokairinos, Emmanuel ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Familial gastric cancer; Gastric cancer; Hepatocyte paraffin 1; Hepatoid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHROMOGRANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PARAFFIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0842330104     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200311000-00015     Document Type: Article

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