Letter to the Editor

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1123-

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Ragni, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER SURGERY; DEGRANULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 1542436019     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.08.924     Document Type: Letter

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