Focus on dysplastic nodules and early hepatocellular carcinoma: An Eastern point of view

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Kojiro, Masamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 1242329819     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20042     Document Type: Article

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