Unique clinicopathological features of patients with primary malignant hepatic tumors who are seropositive for lectin-reactive α-fetoprotein alone: Report of five cases [1]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-114

  Okuda, Hiroaki ^a   Saito, Akiko ^a   Haruyama, Koichi ^a   Hayashi, Naoaki ^a   Yamamoto, Masakazu ^a   Takasaki, Ken ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; LECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUCOSYLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 1642439117     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03218.x     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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