Clinical features in hepatocellular carcinoma and the impact of autopsy on diagnosis. A study of 530 cases from a low-endemicity area

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 1798-1802

  Kaczynski, Jerzy ^a   Hansson, Göran ^a   Wallerstedt, Sven ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Clinic; Epidemiology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 28544438943     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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