A prospective multicenter study of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italian hemophiliacs with chronic hepatitis C

Blood

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1173-1177

  Tradati, F ^b   Colombo, M ^a   Mannucci, P M ^b   Rumi, M G ^b   De Fazio, C ^b   Gamba, G ^b   Ciavarella, N ^b   Rocino, A ^b   Morfini, M ^b   Scaraggi, A ^b   Taioli, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18744419424     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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